Perturbations of the asymptotic region of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime

Abstract

The conformal structure of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime is analysed using the extended conformal Einstein field equations. To this end, initial data for an asymptotic initial value problem for the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime is obtained. This initial data allows to understand the singular behaviour of the conformal structure at the asymptotic points where the horizons of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime meet the conformal boundary. Using the insights gained from the analysis of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime in a conformal Gaussian gauge, we consider nonlinear perturbations close to the Schwarzschild- de Sitter spacetime in the asymptotic region. We show that small enough perturbations of asymptotic initial data for the Schwarzschild de-Sitter spacetime give rise to a solution to the Einstein field equations which exists to the future and has an asymptotic structure similar to that of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime.Comment: Accepted version in Ann. Henri Poincar\'e. Title change: "Conformal properties of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime" to "Perturbations of the asymptotic region of the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime". Sections reorganised. 64 pages, 10 figure