English

Modified scattering for the three dimensional Maxwell-Dirac system

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-23 v5 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

In this work we prove global well-posedness for the massive Maxwell-Dirac system in the Lorenz gauge in R1+3\mathbb{R}^{1+3}, for small, sufficiently smooth and decaying initial data, as well as modified scattering for the solutions. Heuristically we exploit the close connection between the massive Maxwell-Dirac and the wave-Klein-Gordon equations, while developing a novel approach which applies directly at the level of the Dirac equations. The modified scattering result follows from a precise description of the asymptotic behavior of the solutions inside the light cone, which we derive via the method of testing with wave packets of Ifrim-Tataru.

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@article{arxiv.2406.02460,
  title  = {Modified scattering for the three dimensional Maxwell-Dirac system},
  author = {Sebastian Herr and Mihaela Ifrim and Martin Spitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.02460},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

66 pages; v2: minor corrections; v3: processing errors concerning the tikz pictures fixed; v4: minor revision; v5: accepted manuscript

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