Scattering for wave maps exterior to a ball (Q1929190)

This paper deals with equivariant wave maps \(U : \mathbb R\times(\mathbb R^3\setminus B)\rightarrow S^3\) with the Dirichlet condition \(U(\partial B) = {N}\), where \(N\) is a fixed point on \(S^3\) and \(B\subset \mathbb{R}^3\) is the unit ball centered at 0 in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). The main result states that 1-equivariant maps of degree zero scatter to zero irrespective of their energy. For positive degrees, asymptotic stability of the unique harmonic map in the energy class determined by the degree is proved.