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Main Authors: LeFloch, Philippe G., Ma, Yue
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.17712
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author LeFloch, Philippe G.
Ma, Yue
author_facet LeFloch, Philippe G.
Ma, Yue
contents This paper is a part of a series devoted to the Euclidean-hyperboloidal foliation method introduced by the authors for investigating the global existence problem associated with nonlinear systems of coupled wave-Klein-Gordon equations with small data. This method was developed especially for investigating the initial value problem for the Einstein-massive field system in wave gauge. Here, we study the (fourth-order) field equations of f(R) modified gravity and investigate the global dynamical behavior of the gravitational field in the near-Minkowski regime. We establish the existence of a globally hyperbolic Cauchy development approaching Minkowski spacetime (in spacelike, null, and timelike directions), when the initial data set is sufficiently close to an asymptotically Euclidean and spacelike hypersurface in Minkowski spacetime. We cast the (fourth-order) f(R)-field equations in the form of a second-order wave-Klein-Gordon system, which has an analogous structure to the Einstein-massive field system but, in addition, involves a (possibly small) effective mass parameter. We establish the nonlinear stability of the Minkowski spacetime in the context of f(R) gravity, when the integrand f(R) in the action functional can be taken to be arbitrarily close to the integrand R of the standard Hilbert-Einstein action.
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spellingShingle The Euclidean-hyperboloidal foliation method. Application to f(R) modified gravity
LeFloch, Philippe G.
Ma, Yue
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Analysis of PDEs
This paper is a part of a series devoted to the Euclidean-hyperboloidal foliation method introduced by the authors for investigating the global existence problem associated with nonlinear systems of coupled wave-Klein-Gordon equations with small data. This method was developed especially for investigating the initial value problem for the Einstein-massive field system in wave gauge. Here, we study the (fourth-order) field equations of f(R) modified gravity and investigate the global dynamical behavior of the gravitational field in the near-Minkowski regime. We establish the existence of a globally hyperbolic Cauchy development approaching Minkowski spacetime (in spacelike, null, and timelike directions), when the initial data set is sufficiently close to an asymptotically Euclidean and spacelike hypersurface in Minkowski spacetime. We cast the (fourth-order) f(R)-field equations in the form of a second-order wave-Klein-Gordon system, which has an analogous structure to the Einstein-massive field system but, in addition, involves a (possibly small) effective mass parameter. We establish the nonlinear stability of the Minkowski spacetime in the context of f(R) gravity, when the integrand f(R) in the action functional can be taken to be arbitrarily close to the integrand R of the standard Hilbert-Einstein action.
title The Euclidean-hyperboloidal foliation method. Application to f(R) modified gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.17712