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We prove that sufficiently regular solutions to the wave equation $\Box_g\phi=0$ on the exterior of the Schwarzschild black hole obey the estimates $|\phi|\leq C_\delta v_+^{-{3/2}+\delta}$ and $|\partial_t\phi|\leq C_{\delta}…
We present a new vector field approach to almost-sharp decay for the wave equation on spherically symmetric, stationary and asymptotically flat spacetimes. Specifically, we derive a new hierarchy of higher-order weighted energy estimates by…
We study a semilinear equation with derivatives satisfying a null condition on slowly rotating Kerr spacetimes. We prove that given sufficiently small initial data, the solution exists globally in time and decays with a quantitative rate to…
We develop a commuting vector field method for a general class of radiating spacetimes. The metrics considered are certain long range perturbations of Minkowski space including those constructed from global stability problems in general…
We present an elementary physical space argument to establish local integrated decay estimates for the perturbed wave equation $\Box_g \phi = \epsilon \beta^a \partial_a \phi$ on the exterior of the Schwarzschild geometry $(\mathcal{M},g)$.…
In this paper, we study the long time dynamics of solutions to the defocusing semilinear wave equation $\Box_g\phi=|\phi|^{p-1}\phi$ on the Schwarzschild black hole spacetimes. For $\frac{1+\sqrt{17}}{2}<p<5$ and sufficiently smooth and…
We study the quasilinear wave equation $\Box_{g}\phi=0$ where the metric $g = g(\phi,t,x)$ is close to and asymptotically approaches $g(0,t,x)$, which equals the Schwarzschild metric or a Kerr metric with small angular momentum, as time…
We consider solutions to the linear wave equation $\Box_g\phi=0$ on a non-extremal maximally extended Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime arising from arbitrary smooth initial data prescribed on an arbitrary Cauchy hypersurface. (In…
We present a new general method for proving global decay of energy through a suitable spacetime foliation, as well as pointwise decay, starting from an integrated local energy decay estimate. The method is quite robust, requiring only…
Energy and decay estimates for the wave equation on the exterior region of slowly rotating Kerr spacetimes are proved. The method used is a generalization of the vector-field method, which allows the use of higher-order symmetry operators.…
We review our recent work on linear stability for scalar perturbations of Kerr spacetimes, that is to say, boundedness and decay properties for solutions of the scalar wave equation \Box_g{\psi} = 0 on Kerr exterior backgrounds. We begin…
We study solutions of the decoupled Maxwell equations in the exterior region of a Schwarzschild black hole. In stationary regions, where the Schwarzschild coordinate $r$ ranges over $2M < r_1 < r < r_2$, we obtain a decay rate of $t^{-1}$…
We study the Cauchy problem for the one-dimensional wave equation with an inverse square potential. We derive dispersive estimates, energy estimates, and estimates involving the scaling vector field, where the latter are obtained by…
The massive wave equation $\Box_g \psi - \alpha\frac{\Lambda}{3} \psi = 0$ is studied on a fixed Kerr-anti de Sitter background $(\mathcal{M},g_{M,a,\Lambda})$. We first prove that in the Schwarzschild case (a=0), $\psi$ remains uniformly…
We study the global decay properties of solutions to the linear wave equation in 1+3 dimensions on time-dependent, weakly asymptotically flat spacetimes. Assuming non-trapping of null geodesics and a local energy decay estimate, we prove…
This paper investigates the decay properties of solutions to the massive linear wave equation $\Box_g \psi + \frac{{\alpha}}{l^2} \psi =0$ for $g$ the metric of a Kerr-AdS spacetime satisfying $|a|l<r_+^2$ and $\alpha<9/4$ satisfying the…
We study the perturbations of scalar, vector, and tensor fields in a slowly rotating Kerr-(Anti-)de Sitter black hole spacetime, presenting new and existing Schr\"odinger style master equations for each type of perturbation up to linear…
We derive the large time asymptotics of initially regular and localized solutions of the Teukolsky equation on the exterior of a subextremal Kerr black hole for any half integer spin. More precisely, we obtain the leading order term…
We consider solutions of the massless scalar wave equation $\Box_g\psi=0$, without symmetry, on fixed subextremal Kerr backgrounds $(\mathcal M, g)$. It follows from previous analyses in the Kerr exterior that for solutions $\psi$ arising…
In this paper we use Morawetz estimates with geometric energy estimates -the so-called vector field method- to prove decay results for the Maxwell field in the static exterior region of the Reissner-Nordstr{\o}m-de Sitter black hole. We…