Jérémie Szeftel and Sergiu Klainerman
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780691212425
- eISBN:
- 9780691218526
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691212425.001.0001
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Geometry / Topology
One of the major outstanding questions about black holes is whether they remain stable when subject to small perturbations. An affirmative answer to this question would provide strong theoretical ...
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One of the major outstanding questions about black holes is whether they remain stable when subject to small perturbations. An affirmative answer to this question would provide strong theoretical support for the physical reality of black holes. This book takes an important step toward solving the fundamental black hole stability problem in general relativity by establishing the stability of nonrotating black holes — or Schwarzschild spacetimes — under so-called polarized perturbations. This restriction ensures that the final state of evolution is itself a Schwarzschild space. Building on the remarkable advances made in the past fifteen years in establishing quantitative linear stability, the book introduces a series of new ideas to deal with the strongly nonlinear, covariant features of the Einstein equations. Most preeminent among them is the general covariant modulation (GCM) procedure that allows them to determine the center of mass frame and the mass of the final black hole state. Essential reading for mathematicians and physicists alike, the book introduces a rich theoretical framework relevant to situations such as the full setting of the Kerr stability conjecture.Less
One of the major outstanding questions about black holes is whether they remain stable when subject to small perturbations. An affirmative answer to this question would provide strong theoretical support for the physical reality of black holes. This book takes an important step toward solving the fundamental black hole stability problem in general relativity by establishing the stability of nonrotating black holes — or Schwarzschild spacetimes — under so-called polarized perturbations. This restriction ensures that the final state of evolution is itself a Schwarzschild space. Building on the remarkable advances made in the past fifteen years in establishing quantitative linear stability, the book introduces a series of new ideas to deal with the strongly nonlinear, covariant features of the Einstein equations. Most preeminent among them is the general covariant modulation (GCM) procedure that allows them to determine the center of mass frame and the mass of the final black hole state. Essential reading for mathematicians and physicists alike, the book introduces a rich theoretical framework relevant to situations such as the full setting of the Kerr stability conjecture.
Sergiu Klainerman and Jérémie Szeftel
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780691212425
- eISBN:
- 9780691218526
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691212425.003.0002
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Geometry / Topology
This chapter discusses the main quantities, equations, and basic tools needed in the following chapters. It is the main reference kit providing all main null structure and null Bianchi equations, in ...
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This chapter discusses the main quantities, equations, and basic tools needed in the following chapters. It is the main reference kit providing all main null structure and null Bianchi equations, in general null frames, in the context of axially symmetric polarized spacetimes. The chapter translates the null structure and null Bianchi identities associated to an S-foliation in the reduced picture. It starts with general, Z-invariant, S-foliation, before considering the special case of geodesic foliations. The chapter then looks at perturbations of Schwarzschild and invariant quantities. It investigates how the main Ricci and curvature quantities change relative to frame transformations, i.e., linear transformations which take null frames into null frames. Finally, the chapter presents wave equations for the invariant quantities.Less
This chapter discusses the main quantities, equations, and basic tools needed in the following chapters. It is the main reference kit providing all main null structure and null Bianchi equations, in general null frames, in the context of axially symmetric polarized spacetimes. The chapter translates the null structure and null Bianchi identities associated to an S-foliation in the reduced picture. It starts with general, Z-invariant, S-foliation, before considering the special case of geodesic foliations. The chapter then looks at perturbations of Schwarzschild and invariant quantities. It investigates how the main Ricci and curvature quantities change relative to frame transformations, i.e., linear transformations which take null frames into null frames. Finally, the chapter presents wave equations for the invariant quantities.
Sergiu Klainerman and Jérémie Szeftel
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780691212425
- eISBN:
- 9780691218526
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691212425.003.0003
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Geometry / Topology
This chapter presents the main theorem, its main conclusions, as well as a full strategy of its proof, divided in nine supporting intermediate results, Theorems M0–M8. The chapter specifies the ...
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This chapter presents the main theorem, its main conclusions, as well as a full strategy of its proof, divided in nine supporting intermediate results, Theorems M0–M8. The chapter specifies the closeness to Schwarzschild of the initial data in the context of the Characteristic Cauchy problem. The conclusions of the main theorem can be immediately extended to the case where the data are specified to be close to Schwarzschild on a spacelike hypersurface Σ. The chapter then outlines the main bootstrap assumptions. It also provides a short description of the results concerning the General Covariant Modulation procedure, which is at the heart of the proof.Less
This chapter presents the main theorem, its main conclusions, as well as a full strategy of its proof, divided in nine supporting intermediate results, Theorems M0–M8. The chapter specifies the closeness to Schwarzschild of the initial data in the context of the Characteristic Cauchy problem. The conclusions of the main theorem can be immediately extended to the case where the data are specified to be close to Schwarzschild on a spacelike hypersurface Σ. The chapter then outlines the main bootstrap assumptions. It also provides a short description of the results concerning the General Covariant Modulation procedure, which is at the heart of the proof.
