ADM mass for C0 metrics and distortion under Ricci-DeTurck flow
Speaker:
Paula Burkhardt-Guim, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Date and Time:
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 4:10pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
We show that there exists a quantity, depending only on C0 data of a Riemannian metric, that agrees with the usual ADM mass at infinity whenever the ADM mass exists, but has a well-defined limit at infinity for any continuous Riemannian metric that is asymptotically flat in the C0 sense and has nonnegative scalar curvature in the sense of Ricci flow. Moreover, the C0 mass at infinity is independent of choice of C0-asymptotically flat coordinate chart, and the C0 local mass has controlled distortion under Ricci-DeTurck flow when coupled with a suitably evolving test function.