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Mass-one end coordinates on the unchanged maximal section

Statement

Work in ZFC. Suppose a smooth stationary Ricci-flat exterior has a supplied stationary Cauchy product E≅R×C, with complete stationary field T=∂t, spacelike Cauchy section C, and positive lapse −g(T,n)>0. Supply a smooth section extension Σ0 and a global spatial chart x:Σ0→{r>1/2}, r=∣x∣, agreeing with the original end chart, with C={r>1} and the specified bifurcation sphere S={r=1}. Suppose C is maximal and is t=0 in the original end, where g00=−1+2m/r+O6(r−2), g0i=O6(r−2), gij=δij+O6(r−1), and m>0. Here Ok(r−b) means componentwise Cartesian derivatives of order j≤k are bounded by constants times r−b−j, uniformly in angle.

Its ADM mass is m in the auxiliary asymptotically Cartesian spatial gauge y supplied by stationary end normalization, which extends to the unchanged section while fixing S. For g^=m−2g, T^=mT, t^=t/m, x^=y/m and r^=∣x^∣, this same section is maximal, has ADM mass one, and satisfies g^00=−1+2/r^+O6(r^−2), g^0i=O6(r^−2), g^ij=δij+O6(r^−1), with T^=∂t^. Its global topological radial chart can still put S at radius one and agree with x^ sufficiently far out. No stronger angular-momentum coefficient is asserted in this unchanged maximal-section time gauge.

Facts & Assumptions

[F1]

Constant homothety preserves Ricci-flatness and maximality of the fixed section; maximality and the ADM surface integral use the stated hypersurface and mass conventions. Constant homothety preserves the original vacuum and maximal section Spacelike sections, maximality and lapse–shift data Mass-one convention and Harrison denominator

[F2]

Use the normalized stationary chart (t′,y), t′=t+F(x), y=f(x), and its g00=−1+2m/R+O∞(R−2), R=∣y∣. After the allowed orthogonal adjustment, the current cutoff supplier gives f=x+O(log⁡r), Df=I+O(r−1), Djf=O(r−j) for 2≤j≤7, the corresponding inverse estimates, and a spatial cutoff diffeomorphism fixing S. Only that spatial cutoff is used. Stationary end normalization from quotient compactification Extending normalized end coordinates while preserving the section

[F4]

Work in ZFC, retaining the choice assumptions of the normalized-end and cutoff suppliers. In orthonormal normal coordinates the metric equals δ and its first derivatives vanish at the center. The Axiom of Choice Properties of normal coordinates at the center

[F5]

The two independently cited quotient inputs are recorded in External input. The normalized-end supplier's Statement supplies the same chart y=ξ/∣ξ∣2, the identity γ=ΩD2hˉ, and the potential-defined compactification with the regularity and normalization hypotheses (17)–(19). Thus the cited analytic compactification and conformal-factor results apply to this chosen y chart. Stationary end normalization from quotient compactification

External input

Source 0, (2.34) and (2.72), gives g=V(dt+a)2+hquot and hˉ=(−V)hquot. Its multipole theorem is the weak-decay input used by the normalized-end supplier; its particular spatial gauge is not assumed to be the chart y.

Source 1, Theorem 2.1, its following paragraph and Lemma 2.4, supplies the analytic conformal quotient metric γ in normal coordinates ξ and Ω=∣ξ∣2fΩ with analytic positive fΩ(0)=1. The normalized-end Statement identifies its chosen chart as y=ξ/∣ξ∣2 and supplies the actual hypotheses (17)–(19).

Proof

Given: The complete hypotheses in the Statement, in ZFC.

Goal: Establish the mass and decay conclusions while retaining the original maximal section.

1.1F2F3given

Keep the original time t and put x=p(y)=f−1(y), Jia=∂api. The inverse estimates in [F2] imply r≍R, J=I+O6(R−1) and Djp=O(R−j) for 2≤j≤7. For any u=O6(r−b), repeated chain differentiation of u∘p has factors Dℓu and Dj1p,…,Djℓp with ∑ji=k≤6. Bounded first derivatives and the stronger bounds for ji≥2 give Dk(u∘p)=O(R−b−k). The tensor transformation law at fixed t is G00=g00∘p, G0a=(g0i∘p)Jia, Gab=(gij∘p)JiaJjb. Therefore G0a=O6(R−2) and Gab=δab+O6(R−1). The scalar G00=g(T,T) is independent of stationary time gauge, so the normalized chart in [F2] gives G00=−1+2m/R+O6(R−2) with its full differentiated remainder. This last remainder is not inferred merely from f−x=O(log⁡r).

2.1F3F5step 1.1

On a far tail put V=G00 and aa=G0a/V. Then V stays negative and away from zero, and [F3] gives a=O6(R−2). The decomposition in [F5] gives the metric of the original t=0 section as hΣ=hquot+Va⊗a, so hΣ−hquot=O6(R−4). Thus neither this connection estimate nor its differentiated version requires taking the section t′=0.

3.1F2F3F4F5step 1.1step 2.1

To compute the ADM limit in this same y gauge, use the analytic compact quotient data in [F5]. Write s=∣ξ∣=R−1, ω=y/R and Q=I−2ω⊗ω. By [F4], γij(ξ)=δij+O(s2); analyticity gives fΩ(ξ)=1+c⋅ξ+O(s2) for a fixed vector c. The inversion differential is Dyξ=s2Q, with QTQ=I. Since γ=Ω2hˉ, transforming back gives hˉ=fΩ−2QTγQ=δ−2(c⋅ω)δ/R+O1(R−2); the differentiated remainder follows by differentiating the convergent analytic series after inversion. An orthogonal adjustment of y merely rotates c. Dividing by −V=1−2m/R+O1(R−2) and using step 2.1 yields hΣ,ab=(1+u)δab+O1(R−2), where u=2(m−c⋅ω)/R. This allows the possible dipole term of this conformal gauge instead of identifying it with the distinct multipole gauge of source 0.

4.1F1step 3.1algebra

For (1+u)δ, the ADM integrand contracted with the Euclidean outward normal is −2∂Ru=4(m−c⋅ω)/R2. The O1(R−2) tensor remainder contributes O(R−3) pointwise and hence O(R−1) after integration. On the unit sphere ∫ω dω=0 by antipodal symmetry and ∫dω=4π. Consequently the ADM integral divided by 16π tends to m. This is a direct calculation on the unchanged section.

5.1F1F3step 1.1step 4.1

Under t^=t/m, x^=y/m and g^=m−2g, the new components equal Gμν(mx^), since both coordinate differentials contribute a factor m. Step 1.1 and the chain rule give exactly the three stated O6 mass-one component bounds, and mT=∂t^. On a coordinate sphere the derivative in the ADM integrand contributes m, while Euclidean area contributes m−2 relative to the old sphere of radius mR^; its unit radial vector is unchanged. Thus the ADM limit is m−1 times the limit in step 4.1, hence one. By [F1] the same section remains maximal and Ricci-flatness is preserved.

6.1F2F4step 5.1construct∎

Apply only the spatial cutoff diffeomorphism in [F2] to the original section chart. It fixes a neighborhood of S and agrees with y on the far end; no time graph is introduced. If its radial coordinate is q, choose B>A>1 sufficiently large that B/m>A. A smooth positive derivative can equal 1 near A and 1/m near B and have integral B/m−A: choose short endpoint collars with total integral smaller than this positive number, then adjust a positive interior profile to give the remaining integral. Integrating and using ρ(q)=q below A, ρ(q)=q/m above B, gives a smooth increasing radial diffeomorphism fixing radius one. The chart z↦ρ(∣z∣)z/∣z∣ therefore retains the sphere at radius one and agrees with y/m sufficiently far out. All claims concern the original section; no leading angular-momentum term in its time gauge was used.

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R. Beig and B. Schmidt, Time-Independent Gravitational Fields · §2.1 (2.33)–(2.34), printed p.7; §2.3 (2.72), p.11; §3.1 (3.5), (3.15)–(3.17), (3.22)–(3.25), pp.17–20

The stationary decomposition is g=V(dt+a)^2+h_quot and h-bar=(-V)h_quot. Twice-differentiated weak quotient falloff admits spatial multipole gauges, with h-bar=delta+O_infinity(r^-2) and V=-1+2M/r+O_infinity(r^-2).

Hypotheses: Timelike stationary Ricci-flat spherical quotient tail; V+1, normalized twist and h-bar-delta are O_2(r^-alpha), 1/2<alpha<1.

Reading limits: Consulted these displayed passages in the online PDF. Import the multipole result; no reconstruction or reading of its 1981 primary reference is claimed. Its leading spatial gauge is not silently identified with the analytic normal-coordinate gauge below.

S. Dain, Initial data for stationary space-times near space-like infinity · §2, (17)–(19), Theorem 2.1 and following normal-coordinate paragraph, printed p.4; Lemma 2.4 and (21)–(22), pp.5–6

The conformal quotient metric gamma is analytic in normal coordinates xi at infinity; the potential-defined conformal factor has Omega=|xi|^2 f_Omega, with f_Omega analytic, positive and f_Omega(0)=1.

Hypotheses: Stationary vacuum timelike quotient with the potential-defined factor (17), C^{2,alpha} factor, C^{4,alpha} conformal metric and normalization (18)–(19).

Reading limits: Consulted exactly these hypotheses, theorem, normal-coordinate paragraph and lemma in the online PDF. Applicability and the identity of the selected chart are supplied by the normalized-end Statement. No proof reconstruction or maximality of Dain’s time section is claimed.

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