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We examine solutions to semilinear wave equations on black hole backgrounds and give a proof of an analog of the Strauss conjecture on the Schwarzschild and Kerr, with small angular momentum, black hole backgrounds. The key estimates are a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Hans Lindblad , Jason Metcalfe , Christopher D. Sogge , Mihai Tohaneanu , Chengbo Wang

In this result, we develop the techniques of \cite{KS1} and \cite{BW} in order to determine a class of stable perturbations for a minimal mass soliton solution of a saturated, focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation {c} i u_t + \Delta u +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-06-03 Jeremy Marzuola

In a previous work of ours, the most general family of Kerr deformations -- admitting a Carter constant -- has been presented. This time a simple, necessary and sufficient condition in order for the aforementioned family to have a separable…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-03 Georgios O. Papadopoulos , Kostas D. Kokkotas

We consider Kerr spacetimes with parameters a and M such that |a|<< M, Kerr-Newman spacetimes with parameters |Q|<< M, |a|<< M, and more generally, stationary axisymmetric black hole exterior spacetimes which are sufficiently close to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Mihalis Dafermos , Igor Rodnianski

We prove that a large class of smooth solutions $\psi$ to the linear wave equation $\Box_g\psi=0$ on subextremal rotating Kerr spacetimes which are regular and decaying along the event horizon become singular at the Cauchy horizon. More…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-01 Jonathan Luk , Jan Sbierski

A linear stability analysis has been done to a magnetized disk under a linear gravity. We have reduced the linearized perturbation equations to a second-order differential equation which resembles the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jongsoo Kim , Seung Soo Hong , Dongsu Ryu

In Einstein-Maxwell theory, according to classic uniqueness theorems, the most general stationary black-hole solution is the axisymmetric Kerr-Newman metric, which is defined by three parameters: mass, spin and electric charge. The radial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-02 Paolo Pani , Emanuele Berti , Leonardo Gualtieri

The original Kerr theorem provides the foundation for Kerr-Schild transformations by classifying all shear-free and geodesic null congruences in flat spacetime; the key ingredient of the Kerr-Schild ansatz. However, due to the high level of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-28 Eloy Ayón-Beato , Daniel Flores-Alfonso , Mokhtar Hassaine

After a brief introduction to the black hole stability problem, we outline our recent proof of the linear stability of the non-extreme Kerr geometry.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-03 Felix Finster , Joel Smoller

Arising from admissible extended scale-critical short-pulse initial data, we show that 3+1 dimensional Einstein vacuum equations admit dynamical Kerr black hole formation solutions. Our hyperbolic arguments combine the scale-critical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-19 Xinliang An , Taoran He

We prove in this paper that the Schwarzschild famiily of black holes are linearly stable as a family of solutions to the system of equations that result from expressing the Einstein vacuum equations in a generalised wave gauge. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-20 Thomas William Johnson

In this article, we study small perturbations of the family of Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker cosmological background solutions to the Euler-Einstein system with a positive cosmological constant in 1 + 3 dimensions. The background…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-08-31 Igor Rodnianski , Jared Speck

A new formulation of Carter's constant for geodesic motion in Kerr black holes is given. It is shown that Carter's constant corresponds to the total angular momentum plus a precisely defined part which is quadratic in the linear momenta.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-05-12 Kjell Rosquist , Tomas Bylund , Lars Samuelsson

In recent years, a number of alternative theories of gravity have been proposed as possible resolutions of certain cosmological problems or as toy models for possible but heretofore unobserved effects. However, the implications of such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael D. Seifert

The nonlinear stability problem for black hole solutions of the Einstein equations critically depends on choosing an appropriate geometric gauge. In the vacuum setting, the use of Generally Covariant Modulated (GCM) spheres and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-14 Allen Juntao Fang , Elena Giorgi , Jingbo Wan

In this paper, we prove the linear stability to gravitational and electromagnetic perturbations of the Reissner-Nordstr\"om family of charged black holes with small charge. Solutions to the linearized Einstein-Maxwell equations around a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-03 Elena Giorgi

We study stability properties of kinks for the (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear scalar field theory models \begin{equation*} \partial_t^2\phi -\partial_x^2\phi + W'(\phi) = 0, \quad (t,x)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}. \end{equation*} The orbital…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-05 Michał Kowalczyk , Yvan Martel , Claudio Muñoz , Hanne Van Den Bosch

We consider a classical equation known as the $\phi^4$ model in one space dimension. The kink, defined by $H(x)=\tanh(x/{\sqrt{2}})$, is an explicit stationary solution of this model. From a result of Henry, Perez and Wreszinski it is known…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-07 Michał Kowalczyk , Yvan Martel , Claudio Muñoz

We prove the existence and stability of Cantor families of quasi-periodic, small amplitude solutions of quasi-linear (i.e. strongly nonlinear) autonomous Hamiltonian perturbations of KdV.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-04-14 Pietro Baldi , Massimiliano Berti , Riccardo Montalto

We study the massless Maxwell system on fixed sub--extremal Kerr-Newman exteriors. In the weak Kerr--Newman regimes with $0<|a|\le c_a M$, $0<|Q|\le c_Q M$, and $c_a,c_Q \in (0,1) $, we prove non--degenerate boundedness, Morawetz /…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Bobby Eka Gunara , Mulyanto , Emir Syahreza Fadhilla , Fiki Taufik Akbar