Wave equations with initial data on compact Cauchy horizons

DOI10.2140/APDE.2021.14.2363zbMATH Open1484.58015arXiv1802.10057OpenAlexW2788213924WikidataQ114045444 ScholiaQ114045444MaRDI QIDQ2116211FDOQ2116211

Authors: Oliver Lindblad Petersen 

Publication date: 16 March 2022

Published in: Analysis \& PDE (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the following problem: Given initial data on a compact Cauchy horizon, does there exist a unique solution to wave equations on the globally hyperbolic region? Our main results apply to any spacetime satisfying the null energy condition and containing a compact Cauchy horizon with surface gravity that can be normalised to a non-zero constant. Examples include the Misner spacetime and the Taub-NUT spacetime. We prove an energy estimate close to the Cauchy horizon for wave equations acting on sections of vector bundles. Using this estimate we prove that if a linear wave equation can be solved up to any order at the Cauchy horizon, then there exists a unique solution on the globally hyperbolic region. As a consequence, we prove several existence and uniqueness results for linear and non-linear wave equations without assuming analyticity or symmetry of the spacetime and without assuming that the generators close. We overcome in particular the essential remaining difficulty in proving that vacuum spacetimes with a compact Cauchy horizon with constant non-zero surface gravity necessarily admits a Killing vector field. This work is therefore related to the strong cosmic censorship conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10057

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zbMATH Keywords

strong cosmic censorshipcharacteristic Cauchy problemcompact Cauchy horizonMisner spacetimeTaub-NUT spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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