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The reverse Burnett conjecture for null dusts

Analysis of PDEs 2025-06-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Given a regular solution g0\mathbf{g}_0 of the Einstein-null dusts system without restriction on the number of dusts, we construct families of solutions (gλ)λ(0,1](\mathbf{g}_\lambda)_{\lambda\in(0,1]} of the Einstein vacuum equations such that gλg0\mathbf{g}_\lambda-\mathbf{g}_0 and (gλg0)\partial(\mathbf{g}_\lambda-\mathbf{g}_0) converges respectively strongly and weakly to 0 when λ0\lambda\to0. Our construction, based on a multiphase geometric optics ansatz, thus extends the validity of the reverse Burnett conjecture without symmetry to a large class of massless kinetic spacetimes. In order to deal with the finite but arbitrary number of direction of oscillations we work in a generalised wave gauge and control precisely the self-interaction of each wave but also the interaction of waves propagating in different null directions, relying crucially on the non-linear structure of the Einstein vacuum equations. We also provide the construction of oscillating initial data solving the vacuum constraint equations and which are consistent with the spacetime ansatz.

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@article{arxiv.2402.17530,
  title  = {The reverse Burnett conjecture for null dusts},
  author = {Arthur Touati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17530},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

68 pages, matches the accepted version

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