Self-adjointness of the Dirac Hamiltonian for a class of non-uniformly elliptic boundary value problems

Abstract

We consider a boundary value problem for the Dirac equation in a four-dimensional, smooth, asymptotically flat Lorentzian manifold admitting a Killing field which is timelike near and tangential to the boundary. A self-adjoint extension of the Dirac Hamiltonian is constructed. Our results also apply to the situation that the space-time includes horizons, where the Hamiltonian fails to be elliptic.