Abstract
We study the evolution of hypersurfaces in spacetime initial data sets by their null mean curvature. A theory of weak solutions is developed using the level-set approach. Starting from an arbitrary mean convex, outer untapped hypersurface $\partial \Omega$, we show that there exists a weak solution to the null mean curvature flow, given as a limit of approximate solutions that are defined using the $\varepsilon$-regularization method. We show that the approximate solutions blow up on the outermost MOTS and the weak solution converges (as boundaries of finite perimeter sets) to a generalized MOTS.
Funding Statement
Part of this work was completed while the second named author was financed by the Sonderforschungsbereich #ME3816/1-1 of the DFG.
Citation
Theodora Bourni. Kristen Moore. "Null mean curvature flow and outermost MOTS." J. Differential Geom. 111 (2) 191 - 239, February 2019. https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1549422101