Derive rigorous late-time tail constants for scalar wave on Kerr in full subextremal range.
Summary
Derive rigorous late-time tail constants for scalar wave on Kerr in full subextremal range.
Why this matters
Needed for sharp interior thresholds and precise asymptotics.
Exact scope
- Background / setting
- asymptotically flat general relativity context; see family and coupling tags for matter model.
- Equation type
- PDE level: scalar-wave.
- Linearity
- linearized
- Regularity
- Smooth / Sobolev hypotheses must be stated precisely in any final theorem; this provisional entry does not fix minimal regularity.
- Parameter regime
- Subextremal Kerr moduli $|a|<M$ (or stated KN/KdS extension); smallness measured in the stability topology on Cauchy data.
- Asymptotics
- asymptotically flat
- Gauge / formulation
- State gauge/fixing class compatible with cited stability or interior programs (e.g. generalized harmonic, double-null interior charts).
Status explanation
Theorem status follows literature as summarized in known results and references (not upgraded without verified solution pointers).
Problem statement
Derive rigorous late-time tail constants for scalar wave on Kerr in full subextremal range.
What is already known
- Nonlinear stability of vacuum Kerr is proved for sufficiently small $|a|/M$ (Klainerman–Szeftel).Regime: Nonlinear Einstein vacuum, asymptotically flat, small angular momentum per unit mass.Strongest unconditional nonlinear theorem toward the full subextremal conjecture.
- Linearized Teukolsky/wave decay and mode stability on fixed subextremal Kerr are developed in depth (microlocal and physical-space methods).Regime: Linearized gravity and scalar waves on exact Kerr.Standard toolbox; not equivalent to nonlinear stability for all parameters.
- Sharp Price-law exponents and nonlinear tail matching are understood in restricted settings (e.g. linearized models, Schwarzschild); sharp nonlinear Kerr curvature tails are not settled.Regime: Late-time asymptotics; mixed linear vs nonlinear literature.Locates what “sharp Price law” demands beyond integrated decay.
Progress summary: Known qualitative boundedness/decay for scalar waves on Kerr is classical; this entry targets sharper quantitative bounds relevant to interior thresholds and asymptotics.
What remains open
Derive rigorous late-time tail constants for scalar wave on Kerr in full subextremal range.
Mathematical prerequisites
Match hypotheses to primary sources cited on this page; state minimal regularity, gauge class, and parameter windows in any claimed theorem.
Completion criteria
Prove a theorem or give a rigorous counterexample that matches the scoped statement under explicitly listed hypotheses.
Implications if solved
Impact depends on the solved formulation; sharpen once the statement is pinned to a literature-compatible theorem.
Formal verification suitability
FV: low
Global PDE or phenomenological target; lemma-level formalization may be possible after scoping.
See Formal verification for how this database uses these labels.
References
- survey Brief introduction to the nonlinear stability of Kerr — Klainerman, Szeftel (2022) Program overview, gauge structure, and relation between linear tools and nonlinear stability.
- primary Global analysis of linear waves on Kerr–de Sitter space — Hintz, Vasy (2016) Linear wave decay and spectral gap on Kerr–de Sitter; standard microlocal input for $Lambda>0$ decay.
Related problems
Related by shared tags
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- K-639 — Classify superradiant instability windows for massive scalar fields on Kerr in fully rigorous parameter inequalities.
- K-655 — Prove explicit sharp late-time asymptotics for scalar field along the event horizon in Kerr (full range).
- K-004 — Peeling and polyhomogeneous expansions at null infinity for nonlinear near-Kerr evolutions
- K-011 — Spin fields on dynamical near-Kerr backgrounds
- K-013 — Formation plus relaxation to Kerr
Editorial / maintainer notes
Source manifest: N-028 (expansion_from_manifest.tsv). Numeric footnotes from the original table are not reproduced in this repository.