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Spacetime Bartnik mass positivity and temporal monotonicity for black holes

Lars Andersson, Marcus Khuri, Marc Mars, Walter Simon

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Source: Crossref

Published: Oct 1, 2026

DOI: 10.1063/5.0348919

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We define a quasilocal mass of Bartnik type, and establish its positivity and temporal monotonicity properties for two classes of domains associated with black holes. More precisely, we first show that the quasilocal mass is strictly positive for spacelike hypersurfaces that are: compact with apparent horizon boundary or noncompact with asymptotically flat ends and containing an apparent horizon in any admissible extension. Secondly, we show that the quasilocal mass is monotonically nondecreasing in time within evolutionary scenarios related to the two aforementioned settings.

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