The Global Nonlinear Stability Of Minkowski Space For Self-gravitating Massive Fields

Download or read book The Global Nonlinear Stability Of Minkowski Space For Self-gravitating Massive Fields written by Lefloch Philippe G and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to the Einstein's field equations of general relativity for self-gravitating massive scalar fields. We formulate the initial value problem when the initial data set is a perturbation of an asymptotically flat, spacelike hypersurface in Minkowski spacetime. We then establish the existence of an Einstein development associated with this initial data set, which is proven to be an asymptotically flat and future geodesically complete spacetime. Contents: IntroductionOverview of the Hyperboloidal Foliation MethodFunctional Analysis on Hyperboloids of Minkowski SpacetimeQuasi-Null Structure of the Einstein-Massive Field System on HyperboloidsInitialization of the Bootstrap ArgumentDirect Control of Nonlinearities in the Einstein EquationsDirect Consequences of the Wave Gauge ConditionSecond-Order Derivatives of the Spacetime MetricSup-Norm Estimate Based on CharacteristicsLow-Order Refined Energy Estimate for the Spacetime MetricLow-Order Refined Sup-Norm Estimate for the Metric and Scalar FieldHigh-Order Refined L² EstimatesHigh-Order Refined Sup-Norm EstimatesLow-Order Refined Energy Estimate for the Scalar FieldAppendices: Revisiting the Wave-Klein-Gordon ModelSup-Norm Estimate for the Wave EquationsSup-Norm Estimate for the Klein-Gordon EquationCommutator Estimates for the Hyperboloidal FrameBibliography Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in mathematical general relativity. Keywords: General Relativity;Einstein Equations;Massive Field;Minkowski Space;Nonlinear Global Stability;Hyperboloidal Foliation MethodReview: Key Features: This is the first mathematical result on the global nonlinear stability of matter fields in general relativityProvide a framework to treat other matter fields such as the massive Yang-Mills fields which are of particular importance in physics