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arxiv: 2411.16655 · v1 · pith:HC3RFA6Ynew · submitted 2024-11-25 · 🧮 math.AP · gr-qc

Systems of Wave Equations on Asymptotically de Sitter Vacuum Spacetimes in All Even Spatial Dimensions

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Proves quantitative estimates for wave systems on de Sitter backgrounds to enable sharp scattering results for Einstein vacuum equations in even dimensions.

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This is the second half of a two-paper project on scattering for gravity in universes that resemble de Sitter space far away. The authors derive bounds on solutions to families of wave equations posed on these curved backgrounds. The Einstein equations, after being differentiated by certain time-dependent vector fields, are included by treating their nonlinear pieces simply as extra source terms. The resulting estimates are designed to be sharp enough at the top order to close a nonlinear scattering argument that maps small incoming data at past infinity to outgoing data at future infinity. Only the abstract was available for this review, so the actual proof techniques and any dimension-specific cancellations remain unseen.

Core claim

We prove quantitative estimates for systems of wave equations on the (M,g) backgrounds. The systems considered include the Einstein vacuum equations commuted with suitable time-dependent vector fields, where we treat the nonlinear terms as general inhomogeneous factors. The estimates obtained are essential in establishing sharp top order estimates for the scattering map of the Einstein vacuum equations.

Load-bearing premise

The backgrounds (M,g) are asymptotically de Sitter vacuum solutions in (n+1) dimensions with n even and n≥4 that are determined by small scattering data at I^±.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Diagram of the the (n + 1)-dimensional de Sitter space (0, ∞) × S n, gdS . Moreover, we also require that the spacetime M, g is determined by scattering data at I − = {τ = 0} consisting of a Riemannian metric S n, g/0  and a symmetric traceless 2-tensor h on S n, which satisfies additional constraints. The standard example of an asymptotically de Sitter vacuum solution is given by the (n + 1)-dimensiona… view at source ↗
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This is the second paper of a two part work that establishes a definitive quantitative nonlinear scattering theory for asymptotically de Sitter vacuum solutions $(M,g)$ in $(n+1)$ dimensions with $n\geq4$ even, which are determined by small scattering data at $\mathscr{I}^{\pm}.$ In this paper we prove quantitative estimates for systems of wave equations on the $(M,g)$ backgrounds. The systems considered include the Einstein vacuum equations commuted with suitable time-dependent vector fields, where we treat the nonlinear terms as general inhomogeneous factors. The estimates obtained are essential in establishing sharp top order estimates for the scattering map of the Einstein vacuum equations, taking asymptotic data at $\mathscr{I}^-$ to asymptotic data at $\mathscr{I}^+$.

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The central claim rests on the existence of asymptotically de Sitter vacuum backgrounds determined by small data at both ends; no free parameters or invented entities are mentioned in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption The spacetime (M,g) is an asymptotically de Sitter vacuum solution determined by small scattering data at I^± in even spatial dimensions n≥4.
    This is the background on which all estimates are proved, as stated in the abstract.

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