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 is a sequence of Lorentzian metrics (in arbitrary dimensions ) satisfying a generalized wave coordinate condition and such that in a suitably weak and "high-frequency" manner, then the limit metric 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