The linear stability of Reissner-Nordström spacetime: the full subextremal range \(|Q|<M\) (Q2216774)

The author of this paper proves the linear stability of subextremal Reissner-Nordström spacetimes as solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell equation. It is discussed an original representation of gauge-invariant quantities which satisfy a symmetric system of coupled wave equations. The idea for this system comes from previous works by the same author [``Boundedness and decay for the Teukolsky equation of spin \(\pm1\) on Reissner-Nordström spacetime: the \(\ell=1\) spherical mode'', Classical Quantum Gravity 36, No. 20, Article ID 205001, 48 p. (2019; \url{doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ab3c03}); Ann. PDE 6, No. 2, Paper No. 8, 145 p. (2020; Zbl 1462.35388); Ann. Henri Poincaré 21, No. 8, 2485--2580 (2020; Zbl 1447.83006)], where the charge \(Q\) (charge of a black hole) is very small. Here the author discusses estimates obtained by defining a combined energy-momentum tensor for the above stated system in terms of the symmetric structure of the right hand sides of the equations. The main result concerns linear stability of Reissner-Nordström spacetime to gravitational and electromagnetic perturbations for \(|Q| < M\) (\(M\)-mass of a black hole). It is proved the following statement: ``All solutions to the linearized Einstein-Maxwell equations around a Reissner-Nordström solution \(g_{M,Q}\) for \(|Q| < M\) in a certain choice of gauge arising from regular asymptotically flat initial data remain uniformly bounded on the exterior and decay to a linearized Kerr-Newman solution.''