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Main Authors: Alexakis, Spyros, Carruth, Nathan Thomas
Format: Preprint
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05526
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author Alexakis, Spyros
Carruth, Nathan Thomas
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Carruth, Nathan Thomas
contents We prove uniform finite-time existence of solutions to the vacuum Einstein equations in polarized U(1) symmetry which have uniformly positive incoming $H^1$ energy supported on an arbitrarily small set in the 2 + 1 spacetime obtained by quotienting by the U(1) symmetry. We also construct a subclass of solutions for which the energy remains concentrated (along a U(1) family of geodesics) throughout its evolution. These results rely on three innovations: a direct treatment of the 2 + 1 Einstein equations in a null geodesic gauge, a novel parabolic scaling of the Einstein equations in this gauge, and a new Klainerman-Sobolev inequality on rectangular strips.
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spellingShingle Squeezing a fixed amount of gravitational energy to arbitrarily small scales, in $U(1)$ symmetry
Alexakis, Spyros
Carruth, Nathan Thomas
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
83C40, 35L15, 35L70
We prove uniform finite-time existence of solutions to the vacuum Einstein equations in polarized U(1) symmetry which have uniformly positive incoming $H^1$ energy supported on an arbitrarily small set in the 2 + 1 spacetime obtained by quotienting by the U(1) symmetry. We also construct a subclass of solutions for which the energy remains concentrated (along a U(1) family of geodesics) throughout its evolution. These results rely on three innovations: a direct treatment of the 2 + 1 Einstein equations in a null geodesic gauge, a novel parabolic scaling of the Einstein equations in this gauge, and a new Klainerman-Sobolev inequality on rectangular strips.
title Squeezing a fixed amount of gravitational energy to arbitrarily small scales, in $U(1)$ symmetry
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
83C40, 35L15, 35L70
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05526