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We describe a class of impulsive gravitational waves which propagate either in a de Sitter or an anti-de Sitter background. They are conformal to impulsive waves of Kundt's class. In a background with positive cosmological constant they are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 J Podolsky , J B Griffiths

In the model of de Sitter gauge theory of gravity, the empty homogenous and isotropic spacetimes with constant curvature scalar and nonvanishing homogenous and isotropic torsion must have de Sitter metrics. The static de Sitter spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-05 Chao-Guang Huang , Meng-Sen Ma

In this paper, we address the issue of linear stability of Schwarzschild space- time subject to certain axisymmetric perturbations. In particular, we prove that associ- ated solutions to the linearized vacuum Einstein equations centered at…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-10 Pei-Ken Hung , Jordan Keller

We demonstrate that the linearized Einstein gravity in de Sitter (dS) spacetime besides the evident symmetries also possesses the additional (local) symmetry $h_{\mu\nu}\rightarrow h_{\mu\nu} + {\cal E}_{\mu\nu}\chi$, where ${\cal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-27 Hamed Pejhan , Surena Rahbardehghan , Mohammad Enayati , Kazuharu Bamba , Anzhong Wang

Using the Bondi-Sachs formalism, the problem of a gravitational wave source surrounded by a spherical dust shell is considered. Using linearized perturbation theory, the geometry is found in the regions: in the shell, exterior to the shell,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-29 Nigel T. Bishop , Petrus J. van der Walt , Monos Naidoo

Using an approach similar to arXiv:2409.15460, we give a new proof of the nonlinear stability of de Sitter space as a solution to the Einstein vacuum equations with positive cosmological constant in $n+1$ dimensions, with $n\geq3$. Using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Maurus Leimbacher

Perturbations of the Dirac field in the Schwarzschild spacetime are characterized by two wave equations (for two chiralities) with effective potentials which are iso-spectral and one of which is positive definite. Therefore, the stability…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-22 R. A. Konoplya , M. S. Churilova

The modeling of gravitational wave ringdown has traditionally relied on linear perturbation theory, which mainly describes the late-time behavior of a perturbed black hole after a binary merger. However, the need for more accurate ringdown…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-03 Macarena Lagos

Linearized fluctuations of quantized matter fields and the spacetime geometry around de Sitter space are considered in the case that the matter fields are conformally invariant. Taking the unperturbed state of the matter to be the de Sitter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-06 Paul R. Anderson , Carmen Molina-Paris , Emil Mottola

We present new exact solutions of the warped spherical compactifications in the higher-dimensional gravitational theory coupled to scalar and several form field strengths. We find two classes of solutions. One has a de Sitter spacetime with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-09 Masato Minamitsuji , Kunihito Uzawa

The transverse-traceless gauge condition is an important concept in the theory of gravitational wave. It is well known that vacuum is one of the key conditions to guarantee the existence of the transverse-traceless gauge. Although it is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-08 Yadong Xue , Xiaokai He , Zhoujian Cao

We derive exact solutions to the sine--Gordon equation describing localized structures on the background of librational and rotational travelling waves. In the case of librational waves, the exact solution represents a localized spike in…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2021-03-17 Dmitry E. Pelinovsky , Robert E. White

We extended the notion of Newton-Wigner localization, already constructed in the bi-dimensional de Sitter space, to the tri-dimensional case for both principal and complementary series. We identify the one-particle subspace, generated by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-04-30 T. Raszeja , J. C. A. Barata

We provide a detailed study of the dynamics obtained by linearizing the Korteweg-de Vries equation about one of its periodic traveling waves, a cnoidal wave. In a suitable sense, linearly analogous to space-modulated stability, we prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-20 L. Miguel Rodrigues

Considering an action in F(G) modified gravity, the static spherically symmetric solutions are investigated. Introducing the Lagrangian multipliers {\alpha} we obtain the Lagrangian and equations of motion. we obtain two type solutions for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-15 Naser Mohammadipour

In this paper, we investigate gravitational waves beyond the linear approximation, focusing on second-order contributions sourced by linearized waves in the transverse-traceless (TT) gauge. A general spacetime metric is constructed, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-06 M. A. Misyura

The study of gravitational waves in the presence of a cosmological constant has led to interesting forms of the de Sitter and anti-de Sitter line elements based on families of null hypersurfaces. The forms are interesting because they focus…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-09 P. A. Hogan

This is the second paper of a two part work that establishes a definitive quantitative nonlinear scattering theory for asymptotically de Sitter vacuum solutions $(M,g)$ in $(n+1)$ dimensions with $n\geq4$ even, which are determined by small…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Serban Cicortas

We discuss the quantization of linearized gravity in the background de Sitter spacetime using a gauge-invariant formalism to write the perturbed gravitational field in the static patch. This field is quantized after fixing the gauge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-11 Rafael P. Bernar , Luís C. B. Crispino , Atsushi Higuchi

We review asymptotic stability of solitary waves for nonlinear dispersive equations set on the line. Our focus is threefold: first, the nonlinear Schrodinger equation; second, the notion of full asymptotic stability (which states that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Pierre Germain