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Burnett's conjecture in generalized wave coordinates

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-03-07 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We prove Burnett's conjecture in general relativity when the metrics satisfy a generalized wave coordinate condition, i.e., suppose {gn}n=1\{g_n\}_{n=1}^\infty is a sequence of Lorentzian metrics (in arbitrary dimensions d3d \geq 3) satisfying a generalized wave coordinate condition and such that gngg_n\to g in a suitably weak and "high-frequency" manner, then the limit metric gg satisfies the Einstein--massless Vlasov system. Moreover, we show that the Vlasov field for the limiting metric can be taken to be a suitable microlocal defect measure corresponding to the convergence. The proof uses a compensation phenomenon based on the linear and nonlinear structure of the Einstein equations.

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@article{arxiv.2403.03470,
  title  = {Burnett's conjecture in generalized wave coordinates},
  author = {Cécile Huneau and Jonathan Luk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.03470},
  year   = {2024}
}

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28 pages

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