Large data decay of Yang-Mills-Higgs fields on Minkowski and de Sitter spacetimes

We extend Eardley and Moncrief's $L^\infty$ estimates for the conformally invariant Yang-Mills-Higgs equations to the Einstein cylinder. Our method is to first work on Minkowski space and localise their estimates, and then carry them to the Einstein cylinder by a conformal transformation. By patching local estimates together, we deduce global $L^\infty$ estimates on the cylinder, and extend Choquet-Bruhat and Christodoulou's small data well-posedness result to large data. Finally, by employing another conformal transformation, we deduce exponential decay rates for Yang-Mills-Higgs fields on de Sitter space, and inverse polynomial decay rates on Minkowski space.Comment: 20 page

Multipole structure of current vectors in curved spacetime

A method is presented which allows the exact construction of conserved (i.e. divergence-free) current vectors from appropriate sets of multipole moments. Physically, such objects may be taken to represent the flux of particles or electric charge inside some classical extended body. Several applications are discussed. In particular, it is shown how to easily write down the class of all smooth and spatially-bounded currents with a given total charge. This implicitly provides restrictions on the moments arising from the smoothness of physically reasonable vector fields. We also show that requiring all of the moments to be constant in an appropriate sense is often impossible; likely limiting the applicability of the Ehlers-Rudolph-Dixon notion of quasirigid motion. A simple condition is also derived that allows currents to exist in two different spacetimes with identical sets of multipole moments (in a natural sense).Comment: 13 pages, minor changes, accepted to J. Math. Phy

Bose-Einstein condensate and Spontaneous Breaking of Conformal Symmetry on Killing Horizons

Local scalar QFT (in Weyl algebraic approach) is constructed on degenerate semi-Riemannian manifolds corresponding to Killing horizons in spacetime. Covariance properties of the $C^*$-algebra of observables with respect to the conformal group PSL(2,\bR) are studied.It is shown that, in addition to the state studied by Guido, Longo, Roberts and Verch for bifurcated Killing horizons, which is conformally invariant and KMS at Hawking temperature with respect to the Killing flow and defines a conformal net of von Neumann algebras, there is a further wide class of algebraic (coherent) states representing spontaneous breaking of PSL(2,\bR) symmetry. This class is labeled by functions in a suitable Hilbert space and their GNS representations enjoy remarkable properties. The states are non equivalent extremal KMS states at Hawking temperature with respect to the residual one-parameter subgroup of PSL(2,\bR) associated with the Killing flow. The KMS property is valid for the two local sub algebras of observables uniquely determined by covariance and invariance under the residual symmetry unitarily represented. These algebras rely on the physical region of the manifold corresponding to a Killing horizon cleaned up by removing the unphysical points at infinity (necessary to describe the whole PSL(2,\bR) action).Each of the found states can be interpreted as a different thermodynamic phase, containing Bose-Einstein condensate,for the considered quantum field. It is finally suggested that the found states could describe different black holes.Comment: 36 pages, 1 figure. Formula of condensate energy density modified. Accepted for pubblication in Journal of Mathematical Physic

On the ill/well-posedness and nonlinear instability of the magneto-geostrophic equations

We consider an active scalar equation that is motivated by a model for magneto-geostrophic dynamics and the geodynamo. We prove that the non-diffusive equation is ill-posed in the sense of Hadamard in Sobolev spaces. In contrast, the critically diffusive equation is well-posed. In this case we give an example of a steady state that is nonlinearly unstable, and hence produces a dynamo effect in the sense of an exponentially growing magnetic field.Comment: We have modified the definition of Lipschitz well-posedness, in order to allow for a possible loss in regularity of the solution ma

Representations of elementary abelian p-groups and bundles on Grassmannians

We initiate the study of representations of elementary abelian $p$-groups via restrictions to truncated polynomial subalgebras of the group algebra generated by $r$ nilpotent elements, $k[t_1,..., t_r]/(t^p_1,..., t_r^p)$. We introduce new geometric invariants based on the behavior of modules upon restrictions to such subalgebras. We also introduce modules of constant radical and socle type generalizing modules of constant Jordan type and provide several general constructions of modules with these properties. We show that modules of constant radical and socle type lead to families of algebraic vector bundles on Grassmannians and illustrate our theory with numerous examples

The self-consistent gravitational self-force

I review the problem of motion for small bodies in General Relativity, with an emphasis on developing a self-consistent treatment of the gravitational self-force. An analysis of the various derivations extant in the literature leads me to formulate an asymptotic expansion in which the metric is expanded while a representative worldline is held fixed; I discuss the utility of this expansion for both exact point particles and asymptotically small bodies, contrasting it with a regular expansion in which both the metric and the worldline are expanded. Based on these preliminary analyses, I present a general method of deriving self-consistent equations of motion for arbitrarily structured (sufficiently compact) small bodies. My method utilizes two expansions: an inner expansion that keeps the size of the body fixed, and an outer expansion that lets the body shrink while holding its worldline fixed. By imposing the Lorenz gauge, I express the global solution to the Einstein equation in the outer expansion in terms of an integral over a worldtube of small radius surrounding the body. Appropriate boundary data on the tube are determined from a local-in-space expansion in a buffer region where both the inner and outer expansions are valid. This buffer-region expansion also results in an expression for the self-force in terms of irreducible pieces of the metric perturbation on the worldline. Based on the global solution, these pieces of the perturbation can be written in terms of a tail integral over the body's past history. This approach can be applied at any order to obtain a self-consistent approximation that is valid on long timescales, both near and far from the small body. I conclude by discussing possible extensions of my method and comparing it to alternative approaches.Comment: 44 pages, 4 figure

"Peeling property" for linearized gravity in null coordinates

A complete description of the linearized gravitational field on a flat background is given in terms of gauge-independent quasilocal quantities. This is an extension of the results from gr-qc/9801068. Asymptotic spherical quasilocal parameterization of the Weyl field and its relation with Einstein equations is presented. The field equations are equivalent to the wave equation. A generalization for Schwarzschild background is developed and the axial part of gravitational field is fully analyzed. In the case of axial degree of freedom for linearized gravitational field the corresponding generalization of the d'Alembert operator is a Regge-Wheeler equation. Finally, the asymptotics at null infinity is investigated and strong peeling property for axial waves is proved.Comment: 27 page