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We prove various uniqueness results from null infinity, for linear waves on asymptotically flat space-times. Assuming vanishing of the solution to infinite order on suitable parts of future and past null infinities, we derive that the…

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Given a time symmetric initial data set for the vacuum Einstein field equations which is conformally flat near infinity, it is shown that the solutions to the regular finite initial value problem at spatial infinity extend smoothly through…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Juan A. Valiente Kroon

The present article considers time symmetric initial data sets for the vacuum Einstein field equations which in a neighbourhood of infinity have the same massless part as that of some static initial data set. It is shown that the solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 J. A. Valiente Kroon

The regular finite initial value problem at infinity is used to obtain regularity conditions on the freely specifiable parts of initial data for the vacuum Einstein equations with non-vanishing second fundamental form. These conditions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-07-17 JA Valiente Kroon

We reformulate the standard local equations of general relativity for asymptotically flat spacetimes in terms of two non-local quantities, the holonomy $H$ around certain closed null loops on characteristic surfaces and the light cone cut…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Savitri V. Iyer , Carlos N. Kozameh , Ezra T. Newman

We consider a characteristic initial value problem, with initial data given on a future null cone, for the Einstein (massless) scalar field system with a positive cosmological constant, in Bondi coordinates. We prove that, for small data,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-29 João L. Costa , Filipe C. Mena

An exact solution of the Einstein equations for a Bianchi-I universe in the presence of dust, stiff matter and a negative cosmological constant, generalising the well-known Heckmann-Schucking solution is presented. This solution describes a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Alexander Yu. Kamenshchik , Chiara M. F. Mingarelli

We apply a new method with explicit solution operators to construct asymptotically flat initial data sets of the vacuum Einstein equation with new localization properties. Applications include an improvement of the decay rate in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Yuchen Mao , Zhongkai Tao

It is well-known that small, regular, spherically symmetric characteristic initial data to the Einstein-scalar-field system which are decaying towards (future null) infinity give rise to solutions which are foward-in-time global (in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-13 Jonathan Luk , Sung-Jin Oh , Shiwu Yang

It is known that all spatially homogeneous solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in four dimensions which exist for an infinite proper time towards the future are future geodesically complete. This paper investigates whether the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 Arne Goedeke , Alan D. Rendall

We adapt Luk's analysis of the characteristic initial value problem in General Relativity to the asymptotic characteristic problem for the conformal Einstein field equations to demonstrate the local existence of solutions in a neighbourhood…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-25 David Hilditch , Juan A. Valiente Kroon , Peng Zhao

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 prove a localized big bang formation result, which does not require proximity of the initial data to any background solution. Suppose that we are given initial data for the Einstein--nonlinear scalar field equations on an open set $U…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-03 Andrés Franco-Grisales

Decaying vacuum models are a class of models that incorporate the vacuum energy density as a time-evolving entity that has the potential to explain the entire evolutionary history of the universe in a single framework. A general solution to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-30 Sarath N , Titus K. Mathew

We analyze existence and properties of solutions of two-dimensional general relativistic initial data sets with a negative cosmological constant, both on spacelike and characteristic surfaces. A new family of such vacuum, spacelike data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-07 Piotr T. Chruściel , Wan Cong , Théophile Quéau , Raphaela Wutte

We consider the Cauchy problem for the full compressible Navier-Stokes equations with vanishing of density at infinity in R3. Our main purpose is to prove the existence (and uniqueness) of global strong and classical solutions and study the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-22 Huanyao Wen , Changjiang Zhu

This article uses the conformal Einstein equations and the conformal representation of spatial infinity introduced by Friedrich to analyse the behaviour of the gravitational field near null and spatial infinity for the development of…

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

We take a step towards characterising stationary data for the vacuum Einstein equations, by finding a necessary condition on initial data for which the evolution is a solution of the vacuum equations admitting a Killing vector, which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-02 Paul Tod

We study both of the scattering and Cauchy problems for the semilinear wave equation with null quadratic form on the Schwarzschild background. Prescribing the scattering data that are given by the short pulse data on the future null…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-23 Saisai Huo , Jinhua Wang

We show that the spherically symmetric Einstein-scalar-field equations for small slowly particle-like decaying initial data at null infinity have unique global solutions.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-19 Chuxiao Liu , Xiao Zhang