Uniqueness conjecture for static asymptotically flat extensions

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Let (Ω,g)(\Omega,g) be a compact Riemannian region with boundary ∂Ω\partial\Omega. Let a static asymptotically flat manifold (S,g)(S,g) have boundary Σ\Sigma identified with ∂Ω\partial\Omega and satisfy the matching conditions

g∣T∂Ω=g∣TΣ,H∂Ω=HΣ.g|_{T\partial\Omega}=g|_{T\Sigma},\qquad H_{\partial\Omega}=H_{\Sigma}.

Uniqueness conjecture for static extensions. (Ω,g)(\Omega,g) determines a unique static asymptotically flat manifold (S,g)(S,g) with boundary Σ≃∂Ω\Sigma\simeq\partial\Omega satisfying these matching conditions.

Such a uniqueness result would provide a well-defined static exterior for computing the quasi-local mass. The paper gives the matching conditions and motivates the static extension construction, but does not establish uniqueness.

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Robert Bartnik, “Mass and 3-metrics of non-negative scalar curvature”, arXiv:math/0304259 (2003).

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