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Shing-Tung Yau

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arXiv2023

Torus Actions on Moduli Spaces of Super Stable Maps of Genus Zero

We construct smooth $\mathbb{C}^*$-actions on the moduli spaces of super $J$-holomorphic curves as well as super stable curves and super stable maps of genus zero and fixed tree type such that their reduced spaces are torus invariant. Furthermore, we give explicit descriptions of the normal bundles to the fixed loci in terms of spinor bundles and their sections. Main steps to the construction of the $\mathbb{C}^*$-action are the proof that the charts of the moduli space of super $J$-holomorphic curves obtained by the implicit function theorem yield a smooth split atlas and a detailed study of the superconformal automorphism group of $\mathbb{P}_{\mathbb{C}}^{1|1}$ and its action on component fields.

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arXiv2023

Generalized Monge-Ampère functionals and related variational problems

In this paper, we introduce a family of real Monge-Ampère functionals and study their variational properties. We prove a Sobolev type inequality for these functionals and use this to study the existence and uniqueness of some associated Dirichlet problems. In particular, we prove the existence of solutions for a nonlinear eigenvalue problem associated to this family of functionals.

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arXiv2023

Transformation of mass-angular momentum aspect under BMS transformations

In this article, we present the definitive transformation formulae of the mass aspect and angular momentum aspect under BMS transformations. Two different approaches that lead to the same formulae are taken. In the first approach, the formulae are derived by reading off the aspect functions from the curvature tensor. While in the second and more traditional approach, we read them off from the metric coefficients. As an application of the angular momentum aspect transformation formula, we directly verify a relation concerning the Dray-Streubel angular momentum. It also enables us to reinterpret our calculations in terms of differential forms on null infinity, and leads to an exact expression of the Drey-Streubel angular momentum of a general section. The formulae we obtained played crucial roles in our recent work on supertranslation invariant charges, and resolved some inconsistencies in the literature.

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arXiv2023

Formation of trapped surfaces in the Einstein-Yang-Mills system

We prove a scale-invariant, semi-global existence result and a trapped surface formation result in the context of coupled Einstein-Yang-Mills theory, without symmetry assumptions. More precisely, we prove a scale-invariant semi-global existence theorem from past null-infinity and show that the focusing of the gravitational and/or chromoelectric-chromomagnetic waves could lead to the formation of a trapped surface. Adopting the signature for decay rates approach introduced in \cite{A19}, we develop a novel gauge (and scale) invariant hierarchy of non-linear estimates for the Yang-Mills curvature which, together with the estimates for the gravitational degrees of freedom, yields the desired semi-global existence result. Once semi-global existence has been established, the formation of a trapped surface follows from a standard ODE argument.

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arXiv2022

Cross-Section Continuity of Definitions of Angular Momentum

We introduce a notion of "cross-section continuity" as a criterion for the viability of definitions of angular momentum, $J$, at null infinity: If a sequence of cross-sections, ${\mathcal C}_n$, of null infinity converges uniformly to a cross-section ${\mathcal C}$, then the angular momentum, $J_n$, on ${\mathcal C}_n$ should converge to the angular momentum, $J$, on ${\mathcal C}$. The Dray-Streubel (DS) definition of angular momentum automatically satisfies this criterion by virtue of the existence of a well defined flux associated with this definition. However, we show that the one-parameter modification of the DS definition proposed by Compere and Nichols (CN) -- which encompasses numerous other alternative definitions -- does not satisfy cross-section continuity. On the other hand, we prove that the Chen-Wang-Yau (CWY) definition does satisfy the cross-section continuity criterion.

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arXiv2022

The Strominger system in the square of a Kähler class

We study the Strominger system with fixed balanced class. We show that classes which are the square of a Kähler metric admit solutions to the system for vector bundles satisfying the necessary conditions. Solutions are constructed by deforming a Calabi-Yau metric and a Hermitian-Yang-Mills metric along a path inside the given cohomology class.

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arXiv2022

Stable regular solution of Einstein-Yang-Mills equation

In this letter, we find the first dynamically stable non-singular solution spherically symmetric SU(2) Einstein-Yang-Mills equation. This solutions is regular at r=0 and asymptotically flat. Since the Yang-Mills field strength decay exponentially, the Einstein-Yang-Mills particle perhaps can be used to be a candidate for dark matter.

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arXiv2022

Convergence Analysis of Volumetric Stretch Energy Minimization and its Associated Optimal Mass Transport

The volumetric stretch energy has been widely applied to the computation of volume-/mass-preserving parameterizations of simply connected tetrahedral mesh models. However, this approach still lacks theoretical support. In this paper, we provide the theoretical foundation for volumetric stretch energy minimization (VSEM) to compute volume-/mass-preserving parameterizations. In addition, we develop an associated efficient VSEM algorithm with guaranteed asymptotic R-linear convergence. Furthermore, based on the VSEM algorithm, we propose a projected gradient method for the computation of the volume/mass-preserving optimal mass transport map with a guaranteed convergence rate of $\mathcal{O}(1/m)$, and combined with Nesterov-based acceleration, the guaranteed convergence rate becomes $\mathcal{O}(1/m^2)$. Numerical experiments are presented to justify the theoretical convergence behavior for various examples drawn from known benchmark models. Moreover, these numerical experiments show the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed algorithm, particularly in the processing of 3D medical MRI brain images.

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arXiv2022

Stable Black Hole with Yang-Mills Hair

We present stable solution of static spherically symmetric Einstein-Yang-Mills equations with the SU(2) gauge group. This solution is asymptotically flat and regular at r = 0 and with nontrivial Yang-Mills(YM) connection. With quantized values of the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner (ADM) mass, the solutions asymptotically approach the Schwarzschild solution and have zero global YM charges. Numerical evidences suggest that this solution is both linearly and nonlinearly stable and has a ring of generic curvature singularities along the horizon. An effective counterexample to the no-hair conjecture is provided by this stable solution. Moreover, the stable black hole solution suggests that the coupling of gauge field to gravity in early Universe will generate a new type of black holes. Their stability means that these might be a possible new source of primordial black holes left over from the early Universe and serves as a possible new candidate for dark matter.

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arXiv2022

Surface Eigenvalues with Lattice-Based Approximation In comparison with analytical solution

In this paper, we propose a meshless method of computing eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of a given surface embedded in $\mathbb R^3$. We use point cloud data as input and generate the lattice approximation for some neighborhood of the surface. We compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the cubic lattice graph as an approximation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the surface. We perform extensive numerical experiments on surfaces with various topology and compare our computed eigenvalues from point cloud surface with exact solutions and standard finite element methods using triangle mesh.

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arXiv2022

3-manifolds and Vafa-Witten theory

We initiate explicit computations of Vafa-Witten invariants of 3-manifolds, analogous to Floer groups in the context of Donaldson theory. In particular, we explicitly compute the Vafa-Witten invariants of 3-manifolds in a family of concrete examples relevant to various surgery operations (the Gluck twist, knot surgeries, log-transforms). We also describe the structural properties that are expected to hold for general 3-manifolds, including the modular group action, relation to Floer homology, infinite-dimensionality for an arbitrary 3-manifold, and the absence of instantons.

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arXiv2022

Soft noncommutative flag schemes

The construction of soft noncommutative schemes via toric geometry in arXiv:2108.05328 [math.AG] (D(15.1), NCS(1)) can be generalized and applied to a commutative scheme with a distinguished atlas of reasonably good affine local coordinate charts. In the current notes we carry out this exercise for flag varieties.

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arXiv2022

Conserved quantities in general relativity -- the view from null infinity

In general relativity, an idealized distant observer is situated at future null infinity where light rays emitted from the source approach. This article concerns conserved quantities such as mass, energy-momentum, angular momentum, and center of mass at future null infinity. The classical definitions of Bondi mass at future null infinity ascertains the mass radiated away in gravitational waves distinctively. However, the same question for other conserved quantities such as angular momentum has been a subtle issue since the discovery of "supertranslation ambiguity" in the 1960's. Recently, new definitions of angular momentum and center of mass were proposed and proved to be free of such ambiguity [12,14]. These new definitions arise as limits of the Chen-Wang-Yau quasilocal conserved quantities, which are based on the theory of optimal isometric embedding and quasilocal mass of Wang-Yau. It is the purpose of this note to discuss these recent developments

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arXiv2022

Supertranslation invariance of angular momentum at null infinity in double null gauge

The supertranslation invariance of the Chen-Wang-Yau (CWY) angular momentum in the Bondi-Sachs formalism/gauge was ascertained by the authors in \cite{CKWWY_evol, CWWY_atmp}. In this article, we study the corresponding problem in the double null gauge. In particular, supertranslation ambiguity of this gauge is identified and the CWY angular momentum is proven to be free of this ambiguity. A similar result is obtained for the CWY center of mass integral.

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arXiv2022

Evaluating Quasi-local Angular Momentum and Center-of-Mass at Null Infinity

We calculate the limits of the quasi-local angular momentum and center-of-mass defined by Chen-Wang-Yau \cite{CWY} for a family of spacelike two-spheres approaching future null infinity in an asymptotically flat spacetime admitting a Bondi-Sachs expansion. Our result complements earlier work of Chen-Wang-Yau \cite{CWY2}, where the authors calculate the limits of the quasi-local energy and linear momentum at null infinity. Finiteness of the center-of-mass limit requires that the spacetime be in the so-called center-of-mass frame, a mild assumption on the mass aspect function amounting to vanishing of linear momentum at null infinity. With this condition and the assumption that the Bondi mass is non-trivial, we obtain explicit expressions for the angular momentum and center-of-mass at future null infinity in terms of the observables appearing in the Bondi-Sachs expansion of the spacetime metric.

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arXiv2022

Aspects of Quasi-local energy for gravity coupled to gauge fields

We study the aspects of quasi-local energy associated with a $2-$surface $Σ$ bounding a space-like domain $Ω$ of a physical $3+1$ dimensional spacetime in the regime of gravity coupled to a gauge field. The Wang-Yau quasi-local energy together with an additional term arising due to the coupling of gravity to a gauge field constitutes the total energy ($\mathcal{QLE}$) contained within the membrane $Σ=\partialΩ$. We specialize in the Kerr-Newman family of spacetimes which contains a U(1) gauge field coupled to gravity and an outer horizon. Through explicit calculations, we show that the total energy satisfies a weaker version of a Bekenstein type inequality $\mathcal{QLE}> \frac{Q^{2}}{2R}$ for large spherical membranes, $Q$ is the charge and $R$ is the radius of the membrane. Turning off the angular momentum (Reissner Nordström) yields $\mathcal{QLE}> \frac{Q^{2}}{2R}$ for all constant radii membranes containing the horizon and in such case the charge factor appearing in the right-hand side exactly equals to that of Bekenstein's inequality. Moreover, we show that the total quasi-local energy monotonically decays from $2M_{irr}+V_{Q}$ ($M_{irr}$ is the irreducible mass, $V_{Q}$ is the electric potential energy) at the outer horizon to $M$ ($M$ is the ADM mass) at the space-like infinity under the assumption of a small angular momentum of the black hole.

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arXiv2022

On Calabi--Yau fractional complete intersections

In this article, we study mirror symmetry for pairs of singular Calabi--Yau manifolds which are double covers of toric manifolds. Their period integrals can be seen as certain `fractional' analogues of those of ordinary complete intersections. This new structure can then be used to solve their Riemann--Hilbert problems. The latter can then be used to answer definitively questions about mirror symmetry for this class of Calabi--Yau manifolds.

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arXiv2022

On Strominger Kähler-like manifolds with degenerate torsion

In this paper, we study a special type of compact Hermitian manifolds that are Strominger Kähler-like, or SKL for short. This condition means that the Strominger connection (also known as Bismut connection) is Kähler-like, in the sense that its curvature tensor obeys all the symmetries of the curvature of a Kähler manifold. Previously, we have shown that any SKL manifold $(M^n,g)$ is always pluriclosed, and when the manifold is compact and $g$ is not Kähler, it can not admit any balanced or strongly Gauduchon (in the sense of Popovici) metric. Also, when $n=2$, the SKL condition is equivalent to the Vaisman condition. In this paper, we give a classification for compact non-Kähler SKL manifolds in dimension $3$ and those with degenerate torsion in higher dimensions. We also present some properties about SKL manifolds in general dimensions, for instance, given any compact non-Kähler SKL manifold, its Kähler form represents a non-trivial Aeppli cohomology class, the metric can never be locally conformal Kähler when $n\geq 3$, and the manifold does not admit any Hermitian symplectic metric.

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