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We study the evolution of a self-gravitating compressible fluid in spherical symmetry and we prove the existence of weak solutions with bounded variation for the Einstein-Euler equations of general relativity. We formulate the initial value…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-17 Annegret Y. Burtscher , Philippe G. LeFloch

Recent works by the second author and Maxwell et al. have shown that the Einstein-scalar field conformal constraint equations are highly complex and generally intractable, even in the vacuum case. In this article, to gain a clearer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-11 Philippe Castillon , Cang Nguyen-The

We construct asymptotically self-similar global solutions to the Hardy-H\'enon parabolic equation $\partial_t u - \Delta u = \pm |x|^{\gamma} |u|^{\alpha-1} u$, $\alpha>1$, $\gamma \in \mathbb{R}$ for a large class of initial data belonging…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Noboru Chikami , Masahiro Ikeda , Koichi Taniguchi , Slim Tayachi

The time independent spherically symmetric solutions of General Relativity (GR) coupled to a dynamical unit timelike vector are studied. We find there is a three-parameter family of solutions with this symmetry. Imposing asymptotic flatness…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-02-05 Christopher Eling , Ted Jacobson

We revisit and generalize, to the Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs system, previous results of D. Christodoulou and D. Chae concerning global solutions for the Einstein-scalar field and the Einstein-Maxwell-Higgs equations. The novelty of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Calvin Tadmon , Sophonie Blaise Tchapnda

I study a class of global, causal geodesically complete solutions to the spherically symmetric Einstein scalar field (SSESF) system . Extending results of Luk-Oh (Quantitative Decay Rates for Dispersive Solutions to the Einstein-Scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-31 Eric Kilgore

The Schwarzschild solution is a complete solution of Einstein's field equations for a static spherically symmetric field. The Einstein's field equations solutions appear in the literature, but in different ways corresponding to different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-05 Iftikhar Ahmad , Maqsoom Fatima , Najam-ul-Basat

In this paper, we obtain a result on the existence and uniqueness of global spherically symmetric classical solutions to the compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with vacuum in a bounded domain or exterior domain {\Omega} of Rn(n…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-05-01 Shijin Ding , Huanyao Wen , Lei Yao , Changjiang Zhu

1- It is shown that the upper bound for $\alpha$ in the general solutions of spherically symmetric vacuum field equations(gr-qc/9812081,$\Lambda$=0) is nearly 10^3.This has been obtained by comparing the theoretical prediction for bending…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Soheila Gharanfoli , Amir H. Abbassi

We derive, in 3+1 spacetime dimensions, two alternative systems of quasi-linear wave equations, based on Friedrich's conformal field equations. We analyse their equivalence to Einstein's vacuum field equations when appropriate constraint…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-23 Tim-Torben Paetz

We construct the general spherically symmetric and self-similar solution of the Einstein-Vlasov system (collisionless matter coupled to general relativity) with massless particles, under certain regularity conditions. Such solutions have a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Jose M. Martin-Garcia , Carsten Gundlach

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

Exact self-consistent particle-like solutions with spherical and/or cylindrical symmetry to the equations governing the interacting system of scalar, electromagnetic and gravitational fields have been obtained. As a particular case it is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-27 Yu. P. Rybakov , B. Saha , G. N. Shikin

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 study the timelike asymptotics for global solutions to a scalar quasilinear wave equation satisfying the weak null condition. Given a global solution $u$ to the scalar wave equation with sufficiently small $C_c^\infty$ initial data, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Dongxiao Yu

For the cylindrically symmetric ''asymptotically flat'' Einstein equations in the case of electro-vacuum it is known that solutions exist globally and also that this class of spacetimes is causally geodesically complete. Hence strong cosmic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Mikael Fjallborg

We present a new formulation of Einstein's equations for an axisymmetric spacetime with vanishing twist in vacuum. We propose a fully constrained scheme and use spherical polar coordinates. A general problem for this choice is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-15 Christian Schell , Oliver Rinne

In this article, a special static spherically symmetric perfect fluid solution of Einstein's equations is provided. Though pressure and density both diverge at the origin, their ratio remains constant. The solution presented here fails to…

General Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 F. Rahaman , M. Kalam , S. Chakraborty , K. Maity , B. Raychaudhuri

The Einstein field equations are derived for a static cylindrically symmetric spacetime with elastic matter. The equations can be reduced to a system of two nonlinear ordinary differential equations and we present analytical and numerical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-03-25 I. Brito , J. Carot , F. C. Mena , E. G. L. R. Vaz

The study of spherically symmetric motion is important for the theory of explosion waves. In this paper, we construct rigorously self-similar solutions to the Riemann problem of the spherically symmetric Euler equations for general…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-24 Jianjun Chen , Geng Lai