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In this work, we study linearised gravitational fields on the entire Minkowski space-time including space-like infinity. The generalised conformal field equations linearised about a Minkowski background are utilised for this purpose. In…

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We are interested in the global dynamics of a massive scalar field evolving under its own gravitational field and, in this paper, we study spherically symmetric solutions to Einstein's field equations coupled with a Klein-Gordon equation…

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We study the solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation for the massive scalar field in the universal covering space of two-dimensional anti-de Sitter space. For certain values of the mass parameter, we impose a suitable set of boundary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-01-12 Atsushi Higuchi , Lasse Schmieding , David Serrano Blanco

In asymptotically Minkowski space-times, one finds a surprisingly rich interplay between geometry and physics in both the classical and quantum regimes. On the mathematical side it involves null geometry, infinite dimensional groups,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-29 Abhay Ashtekar

We consider a general two-dimensional gravity model minimally or nonminimally coupled to a scalar field. The canonical form of the model is elucidated, and a general solution of the equations of motion in the massless case is reviewed. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 M. O. Katanaev

We study gravitational perturbations of Schwarzschild spacetime by solving a hyperboloidal initial value problem for the Bardeen-Press equation. Compactification along hyperboloidal surfaces in a scri-fixing gauge allows us to have access…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-16 Anil Zenginoglu , Dario Nunez , Sascha Husa

We consider the global evolution problem for Einstein's field equations in the near-Minkowski regime and study the long-time dynamics of a massive scalar field evolving under its own gravitational field. We establish the existence of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-06 Philippe G. LeFloch , Yue Ma

We study the relationship between asymptotic characteristic initial data at past null infinity and the regularity of solutions at future null infinity for the massless linear spin-s field equations on Minkowski space. By quantitatively…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-08 Grigalius Taujanskas , Juan A. Valiente Kroon

This paper initiates a series of works dedicated to the rigorous study of the precise structure of gravitational radiation near infinity. We begin with a brief review of an argument due to Christodoulou [1] stating that Penrose's proposal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-20 Lionor M. A. Kehrberger

It is shown that flat spacetime can be dressed with a real scalar field that satisfies the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation without curving spacetime. Surprisingly, this possibility arises from the nonminimal coupling of the scalar field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Eloy Ayón-Beato , Cristián Martínez , Ricardo Troncoso , Jorge Zanelli

A maximum principle for C^0 null hypersurfaces is obtained and used to derive a splitting theorem for spacetimes which contain null lines. As a consequence of this null splitting theorem, it is proved that an asymptotically simple vacuum…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Gregory J. Galloway

It is shown how the gauge of the ``regular finite initial value problem at spacelike infinity'' can be used to construct a certain type of estimates for the Maxwell field propagating on a Schwarzschild background. These estimates are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-29 Juan A. Valiente Kroon

The theory presented in this monograph establishes the first mathematically rigorous result on the global nonlinear stability of self-gravitating matter under small perturbations of an asymptotically flat, spacelike hypersurface of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-04 Philippe G. LeFloch , Yue Ma

The energy at null infinity is presented with the help of a simple example of a massless scalar field in Minkowski spacetime. It is also discussed for Einstein gravity. In particular, various aspects of the loss of the energy in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-12 Jacek Jezierski

The Conformal Einstein equations and the representation of spatial infinity as a cylinder introduced by Friedrich are used to analyse the behaviour of the gravitational field near null and spatial infinity for the development of data which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Valiente Kroon

We consider the Cauchy problem for quadratic nonlinear Klein-Gordon systems in two space dimensions with masses satisfying the resonance relation. Under the null condition in the sense of J.-M. Delort, D. Fang, R. Xue (2004), we show the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-11 Soichiro Katayama , Tohru Ozawa , Hideaki Sunagawa

Global properties of static, spherically symmetric configurations of scalar fields of sigma-model type with arbitrary potentials are studied in $D$ dimensions, including space-times containing multiple internal factor spaces. The latter are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 K. A. Bronnikov , S. B. Fadeev , A. V. Michtchenko

We make use of Friedrich's representation of spatial infinity to study asymptotic expansions of the Maxwell-scalar field system near spatial infinity. The main objective of this analysis is to understand the effects of the non-linearities…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-14 Marica Minucci , Rodrigo Panosso Macedo , Juan Antonio Valiente Kroon

We study the scalar, conformally invariant wave equation on a four-dimensional Minkowski background in spherical symmetry, using a fully pseudospectral numerical scheme. Thereby, our main interest is in a suitable treatment of spatial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-03 Jörg Frauendiener , Jörg Hennig

We present the first numerical simulations of asymptotically flat space-times whose computational domain includes past and future null-infinity. As an application, we explore the scattering of a gravitational wave in a black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-04 Jörg Frauendiener , Chris Stevens , Sebenele Thwala