Minimal graphs over non-compact domains in 3-manifolds fibered by a Killing vector field

Abstract

Let $\mathbb{E}$ be a connected and orientable Riemannian 3-manifold with a non-singular Killing vector field whose associated one-parameter group of the isometries of $\mathbb{E}$ acts freely and properly on $\E$. Then, there exists a Killing Submersion from $\E$ onto a connected and orientable surface $M$ whose fibers are the integral curves of the Killing vector field. In this setting, assuming that $M$ is non-compact and the fibers have infinite length, we solve the Dirichlet problem for minimal Killing graphs over certain unbounded domains of $M$, prescribing piecewise continuous boundary values. We obtain general Collin-Krust type estimates. In the particular case of the Heisenberg group, we prove a uniqueness result for minimal Killing graphs with bounded boundary values over a strip. We also prove that isolated singularities of Killing graphs with prescribed mean curvature are removable.