Abstract
In this article we prove that a connected and properly embedded translating soliton in
Funding source: MINECO-FEDER
Award Identifier / Grant number: MTM2014-52368-P
Award Identifier / Grant number: BES-2012-055302
Funding source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Award Identifier / Grant number: SM 78/6-1
Funding statement: F. Martín and J. Pérez-García are partially supported by MINECO-FEDER grant no. MTM2014-52368-P. J. Pérez-García is also supported by MINECO (FPI grant, BES-2012-055302) and A. Savas-Halilaj and K. Smoczyk by DFG SM 78/6-1.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Brian White and Antonio Ros for many stimulating and helpful conversations. Moreover, the authors would also like to thank Oliver Schnürer and Leonor Ferrer for plenty of useful discussions. Finally, we would like to thank the referee for the valuable comments on the content of the manuscript and the suggestions for improving the paper.
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