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(Non-)Linear waves on asymptotically flat spacetimes. II: trapping, bound states, nonlinear applications

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Strong linear estimates for waves on spacetimes approaching Kerr black holes hold in b-regularity weighted Sobolev spaces under a mode stability assumption, even allowing zero energy bound states.

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The paper proves strong estimates for linear wave-type equations on dynamical spacetimes that settle to subextremal Kerr. These estimates control solutions in weighted L2-based spacetime Sobolev spaces that encode b-regularity, covering spacetime scaling, spatial scaling on hyperboloidal slices, and angular derivatives. The estimates remain tame in the regularity order, supporting use in Nash-Moser schemes for nonlinear problems. The proof requires a spectral mode stability assumption on the stationary model, which is allowed to have zero energy bound states in some tensorial cases such as the wave operator on 1-forms. The estimates then yield global existence results for certain quasilinear wave equations and serve as ingredients for nonlinear Kerr stability.

Core claim

When the time-translation-invariant model satisfies a mode stability spectral assumption, strong estimates hold for solutions of linear wave-type equations on spacetimes approaching subextremal Kerr, including cases with zero energy bound states. The estimates are obtained by combining microlocal propagation in edge-b and 3b geometries, bounds for the stationary model, finite-time energy estimates, and commutations with b-vector fields, and they are tame enough for Nash-Moser iteration.

What carries the argument

Weighted L2-based spacetime Sobolev spaces that encode b-regularity (regularity with respect to spacetime scaling, spatial scaling in a hyperboloidal foliation, and angular derivatives), with the estimate tame in the b-regularity order.

If this is right

  • Global existence holds for solutions of some quasilinear wave equations on these spacetimes, including when zero energy bound states are present.
  • The estimates apply directly in Nash-Moser iteration schemes because they are tame in the b-regularity order.
  • The results supply key linear ingredients for proofs of nonlinear stability of subextremal Kerr black holes.
  • A dictionary translates decay rates in different spacetime regimes into weighted low-energy resolvent estimates.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same b-regularity framework could be tested on other asymptotically flat backgrounds whose stationary models obey the mode stability condition.
  • The decay-to-resolvent dictionary might be applied to quasilinear problems with different nonlinearities or gauges.
  • If the estimates extend to higher tensorial cases, they could support stability results for more general black hole perturbations.

Load-bearing premise

The time-translation-invariant model must satisfy a spectral assumption of mode stability type, which permits the presence of zero energy bound states.

What would settle it

A concrete counterexample of a spacetime settling to subextremal Kerr where the mode stability assumption holds but the claimed linear estimates fail to control solutions in the weighted b-regularity Sobolev spaces.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.28008 by Peter Hintz.

Figure 1.1
Figure 1.1. Figure 1.1: Penrose diagrammatic depiction of the domain Ω◦ ⊂ M◦ . The event horizon of the black hole is labeled H+, and null infinity is I +. 1.1. Description of the main results. The main result of the paper is a black-box estimate for linear wave equations on dynamical black hole spacetimes, which requires, as an input, suitable spectral properties of the stationary model equation. We first present concrete nonl… view at source ↗
Figure 1.2
Figure 1.2. Figure 1.2: Illustration of the three asymptotic regimes I +, ι +, resp. K+ of Ω ◦ . We also draw ideal boundary hypersurfaces “at infinity” (later described via a compactification of Ω◦ to a manifold with corners) where ρI , ρ+, resp. ρK vanish; these contain the “endpoints” of curves with constant t∗ and r → ∞ (I +), constant t r ∈ (0, 1) (i.e., t∗ r ∈ (0,∞)) and t∗ → ∞ (ι +), resp. constant x and t∗ → ∞ (K+). Fur… view at source ↗
Figure 1.3
Figure 1.3. Figure 1.3: Illustration of the decay rates of f and the asymptotic behavior of (the pieces of) u in (1.7). 1.1.2. Nonlinear applications, II: without zero energy bound states. Proving global existence for nonlinear wave equations in the absence of zero bound states for the underlying time-translation￾invariant linear wave operator is considerably less delicate. We mention here three simple examples, each of which i… view at source ↗
Figure 1.4
Figure 1.4. Figure 1.4: Compactifications and blow-ups, and the compactified domain Ω from (1.16). In the middle, we show two outgoing light cones t − r = c. On the domain Ω on the right, the functions ρI , ρ+, and ρK from (1.6) vanish precisely at I +, ι +, and K+, respectively (and simply so). (1) For a substantial part of the analysis, the crucial notion of regularity—namely, the one for which we can establish appropriate mi… view at source ↗
Figure 1.5
Figure 1.5. Figure 1.5: The basic vector fields underlying the notion of e3b-regularity, taken from (1.17), (1.19), and b-vector fields near (ι +) ◦ . By contrast, b-regularity amounts to regularity with respect to t∗∂t∗ , r∂r, ∂ω. R∂K+,out R∂K+,in RI +,in,+ RI +,out r = m RH+ Γ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p021_1_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 1.6
Figure 1.6. Figure 1.6: Illustration of the future-directed null-bicharacteristic flow for a subextremal Kerr metric in e3b-phase space over the (compactified) domain Ω. The radial sets RI +,out and RI +,in,+ are defined in Definition 4.22, RK+,in/out in Definition 4.5, RH+ in Definition 4.8, and the trapped set Γ in (4.63) (based on Definition 4.13). studied in the corresponding b-cotangent bundle, and hence standard microloca… view at source ↗
Figure 1.7
Figure 1.7. Figure 1.7: The manifold for low-energy resolvent analysis, for which we must work with function spaces that capture different rates of spatial decay at nonzero energies σ (the vertical boundary) and at σ = 0 (the front face, shown curved here). Two level sets of σ are shown as dashed lines. In §9, we prove the Fredholm index 0 property of Pc0(σ) acting on the appropriate function spaces, as well as precise regulari… view at source ↗
Figure 1.8
Figure 1.8. Figure 1.8: Rough illustration of the relationship between decay rates of functions on spacetime (relative to L 2 with density | dt∗ ⟨t∗⟩ dx r 3 |) and the decay rates (relative to L 2 with density | dσ σ dx r 3 |) of their Fourier transforms at low energies [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p030_1_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2.1
Figure 2.1. Figure 2.1: The compactified spatial manifold from Definition 2.1, here drawn in 2 (instead of 3) dimensions. 2.1. Compactifications of the spacetime manifold; bundles. Smooth functions on the radial compactification R4 (t,x) are, in {t ≥ 0} \ {t = 0}, smooth functions of 1 t ∈ [0,∞) and x t ∈ R 3 . This does not include any non-constant smooth function of x alone. The first step towards defining a compactification … view at source ↗
Figure 2.2
Figure 2.2. Figure 2.2: The spacetime compactifications from Definition 2.2 (here shown with spatial dimension 1 instead of 3). On the left: R4. In the middle: M˜ 0 and its submanifold with corners M0 (shaded, connected in 3 + 1 dimensions). On the right: M˜ and the domain Ω ⊂ M ⊂ M˜ from Definition 2.3 (shaded, connected in 3 + 1 dimensions). — The arrows are the blow-down maps. Remark 2.4 (Explicit defining functions on Ω). C… view at source ↗
Figure 2.3
Figure 2.3. Figure 2.3: On the left: Rt∗ × X (without the S 2 factor) and some local coor￾dinates. In the middle: the resolution M′ 1 , defined in (2.40). The shaded region is where t∗ ≥ −r. On the right: the space M1, shaded where t ≥ 0. The two shaded regions are naturally diffeomorphic (via the extension of the identity map on R 4 ). Similarly, the interiors of boundary hypersurfaces with matching colors are identified. Give… view at source ↗
Figure 2.4
Figure 2.4. Figure 2.4: On the left: M. On the right: M′ +. The regions of interest in (2.43) are shaded in gray. 1 v = τ = 0, to the local coordinates 1 v = r t∗ = r t (1 − r t ) and τ 1/v = 1 r , which are, indeed, local coordinates near ι + ∩ K+ (cf. (2.12)). □ Given an e3b-differential operator A ∈ Diffm e3b(M˜ ), there exists a unique dilation-invariant oper￾ator A0 on (0, ∞)τ × ι + such that χ(A − A0) ∈ ρ+Diffm e3b(M˜ ) w… view at source ↗
Figure 3.1
Figure 3.1. Figure 3.1: The scattering-b-transition single space X˜ sc-b, its boundary hypersur￾faces, local coordinates, and some positive level sets of ς (dashed). We only show the region ρ = r −1 ≪ 1 here. Then Vsc-b(X˜) := {V ∈ ρscfVb(X˜ sc-b): V is tangent to every ς-level set}. Here ρscf ∈ C∞(X˜ sc-b) is a defining function of scf; a possible choice is (1 + ς⟨x⟩) −1 . A spanning set of Vsc-b(X˜) is thus given by ρscf⟨x⟩∂x… view at source ↗
Figure 4.1
Figure 4.1. Figure 4.1: Part of the Penrose diagram of the Kerr metric, including level sets of the time function t∗, future null infinity I +, the future event horizon H+, and future timelike infinity i + (which in the manifold M is resolved to ι + ∪ K+). See [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p084_4_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4.2
Figure 4.2. Figure 4.2: Qualitative picture of the null-bicharacteristic dynamics on the un￾stable/stable trapped sets in (r, ξ)-phase space, defined by (4.39). Shown in gray are null-bicharacteristics on G 0 (z 0,ζ0) when (z 0 , ζ0 ) satisfies the conditions of Lemma 4.11. Finally, we determine the sign of σ on trapped null-bicharacteristics in Σ+. If γ(s) = e sHG3b ϖ0 satisfies r(γ(s)) = r ′ for some s, then ξ(γ(s)) = 0 since… view at source ↗
Figure 4.3
Figure 4.3. Figure 4.3: Illustration of Proposition 4.24. An arrow from a node labeled A to a node labeled B corresponds to a null-bicharacteristic (integral curve of HG inside of ∂Σ + over Ω) tending to A and B in the backward and forward direction, respectively. It remains to consider γ lying over M◦ ; such γ must reach t∗ = 1 in the backward direction in finite time, and t∗ ◦ γ is monotonically increasing in the forward dire… view at source ↗
Figure 5.1
Figure 5.1. Figure 5.1: Illustration of Lemma 5.16, showing level sets of t∗ (in blue) and t∗ (in red). Remark 5.17 (Other Kerr parameters). Since gm,a− ¯ g ∈ G˜0,(1,0,0) e3b by (4.9) and thus also gm,a−gm′ ,a′ , the timelike nature of dt∗ persists also for (perturbations of) nearby Kerr metrics. Proof of Lemma 5.16. For part (1), we note that supm≤r≤r♮ g −1 m,a(dr, dr) =: c < 0. For r ≤ r♮, we furthermore have g −1 (dr, dr) ≤ … view at source ↗
Figure 6.1
Figure 6.1. Figure 6.1: The domain D from (6.7) over which Proposition 6.3 describes the stable and unstable trapped sets of an asymptotically Kerr metric. We write π(Γ) for the projection of the trapped set to the base. Proposition 6.3 (Stable and unstable trapped sets of asymptotically Kerr metrics). For d0 ≥ 2 and metrics g = gm,a + h where h ∈ G˜ d0,(0,0,ℓK) e3b (with ℓK > 0) has sufficiently small norm, there exist functio… view at source ↗
Figure 8.1
Figure 8.1. Figure 8.1: Illustration of the level sets of t ∗ from (8.6) and the domain Ω≤T T0,T1 from (8.7). • Vector field multiplier. In the case that P is the scalar wave operator □g and u is supported in a sufficiently small neighborhood of I +, we run an energy estimate with the vector field multiplier X = e −2𭟋t∗X0, X0 := x −4αI −2 I (−xI ∂xI + ∂t∗ ) = r 2αI +1(2r∂r + ∂t∗ ), (8.9) which is thus a weighted edge vector fie… view at source ↗
Figure 8.2
Figure 8.2. Figure 8.2: The domain Ω♭ (in blue) and its extension Ω♯ (with thick boundary) beyond the final hypersurfaces (in red) from (8.29). bounded by that of ˜f. Microlocal elliptic regularity, propagation of edge-regularity (starting from t∗ < T0 where u vanishes), and the localized radial sink estimate, Proposition 7.9, imply ∥u˜|Ω♭ ∥H s,2αI e (Ω♭) ≤ C  ∥ ˜f∥H s−1,2αI +2 e (Ω♯) + ∥u˜∥H 1,2αI e (Ω♯)  . Estimating ˜u on … view at source ↗
Figure 9.1
Figure 9.1. Figure 9.1: On the left: estimating the L 2 -norm of B(P ′ h,z) −1Xu [Ph,z, B♯ ]u (see (9.100)). On the right: estimating the L 2 -norm of B(P ′ h,z) −1 (I−Xu )[Ph,z, B♯ ]u (via (9.101)); the red arrows indicate the direction in which semiclassical the wave front set propagates upon applying (P ′ h,z) −1 to a function microlocalized in the blue region. Remark 9.34 (Second microlocalization). One may attempt to prove… view at source ↗
Figure 10.1
Figure 10.1. Figure 10.1: On the left: characteristic set and null-bicharacteristic dynamics for (Pι+,h,z)h∈(0,1) in 0ℏ,cℏT ∗ sfι + for z = 1. On the right: characteristic set and null￾bicharacteristic dynamics when Im z > 0. 10.1.2. High-energy estimates; proof of Proposition 10.6(2). In this section, we prove part (2) of Proposition 10.6. We closely follow [Hin23c, §5.3] but extend it to cover also large Im σ as well as additi… view at source ↗
Figure 10.2
Figure 10.2. Figure 10.2: Setup for the uniqueness argument. The cut-off wave χt∗ χru˜ is generated by a source term supported in the union of the red and blue regions (their overlap being purple). The support of uext, which is sourced by a term supported in the blue and purple regions, lies above the dashed lines. We first show that ˜u vanishes in the gray region; it then vanishes for all t∗ < 2 since it has trivial Cauchy data… view at source ↗
Figure 10.3
Figure 10.3. Figure 10.3: Illustration of the null-bicharacteristic flow of P+ in edge-b-edge￾phase space. The numbers indicate the order of propagation in the proof of (10.54). The dotted, resp. dashed arrows indicate the direction of real principal type propa￾gation preceding, resp. following the radial point estimate with the matching color. for P 0 +. The estimates used thus far (being based on positive commutator arguments,… view at source ↗
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Figure 12.1. Figure 12.1: Illustration of the charts constructed in Step 3 of the proof of Pro￾position 12.6. • Step 4. Combination. We can rescale c0 to 1 by dividing t and t by c0. We then fix a partition of unity χα subordinate to the cover by these charts (ϕα, Uα), with ϕα being a diffeomorphism from Uα ⊂ M to [0, 2)l × (−2, 2)n−l with l depending on α. Fix another set of cutoff functions χ˜α ∈ C∞ c (Uα) which equal 1 on sup… view at source ↗
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Figure 13.1. Figure 13.1: On the left: the space M (for n = 1), its boundary hypersurfaces, and some local boundary defining functions. On the right: the space X + sc-b, its boundary hypersurfaces, and some local boundary defining functions; here ρ = |x| −1 . The spaces (13.11) and (13.14) have a simple relationship with product-type spaces: Lemma 13.8 (Product-type spaces). Let k ∈ N0 and β, γ ∈ R. Then H k,(γ,β+γ,β) b (M) = \ … view at source ↗
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Figure 13.2. Figure 13.2: summarizes the relationship between ι and K-weights on the one hand and the low￾energy behavior on the Fourier transform side on the other hand. I + ι K βK βι large enough [≥ βι − min(βK, 1 − ϵ)] F scf zf tf (0, 0), βK − 1 βι − 1 ∗ I + ι K βK βι ∗ F −1 scf zf tf (0, 0), βK − 1 βι − 1 [arbitrary] [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p254_13_2.png] view at source ↗
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We study wave-type equations on dynamical spacetimes that settle down to a subextremal Kerr black hole spacetime. We prove strong estimates for solutions of (tensorial) linear wave-type equations when the time-translation-invariant model satisfies a spectral assumption of mode stability type. We allow for this model to admit zero energy bound states; besides the scalar wave operator (which has no bound states), examples include the wave operator on 1-forms and the linearization of the Einstein field equations in generalized harmonic gauge. We demonstrate the utility of our estimates by proving the global existence of solutions to some quasilinear wave equations, including in the presence of zero energy bound states. The results proved here are, moreover, crucial ingredients in the author's proof of the nonlinear stability of subextremal Kerr black holes. Our key novel linear estimate controls linear waves in weighted $L^2$-based spacetime Sobolev spaces that encode b-regularity, by which we mean regularity with respect to spacetime scaling, spatial scaling (in a hyperboloidal foliation of spacetime), and angular derivatives; this estimate is moreover tame in the b-regularity order, as needed for its applicability in a Nash-Moser iteration scheme. Its proof combines four main ingredients: microlocal propagation estimates in the edge-b-setting near null infinity (as introduced by the author with Vasy) and in the author's 3b-setting in the forward cone; estimates for the stationary model operator; energy estimates on edge-b-spaces on finite time intervals; and commutations with b-vector fields. For the nonlinear applications, we moreover develop a dictionary between decay rates in different spacetime regimes on the one hand and weighted low-energy resolvent estimates on the other hand. This paper builds on Part I only a broad conceptual level, and is largely self-contained.

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Summary. The manuscript proves strong linear estimates for (tensorial) wave-type equations on dynamical spacetimes approaching subextremal Kerr, conditional on a mode-stability spectral assumption for the stationary model that explicitly permits zero-energy bound states. The key estimate controls solutions in weighted L²-based spacetime Sobolev spaces encoding b-regularity (spacetime scaling, hyperboloidal spatial scaling, and angular derivatives) and is tame in the b-order. The proof combines microlocal propagation in edge-b and 3b settings, stationary-model estimates, finite-time energy estimates, and b-vector-field commutations. A dictionary relating decay rates to weighted low-energy resolvent bounds is developed for the nonlinear applications, which include global existence for certain quasilinear wave equations. The work is largely self-contained and builds only conceptually on Part I.

Significance. If the estimates hold, they supply a flexible, tame framework for handling trapping and bound states in linear waves on asymptotically flat backgrounds, directly enabling nonlinear applications via Nash-Moser iteration. The explicit inclusion of zero-energy bound states broadens the scope to physically relevant tensorial operators (e.g., 1-forms, linearized Einstein equations in generalized harmonic gauge). The results are positioned as essential ingredients for the nonlinear stability of subextremal Kerr, a central open problem in mathematical general relativity.

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  1. [§1] §1 (Introduction): the statement that the paper is 'largely self-contained' would benefit from an explicit list of the minimal prerequisites from the author's prior edge-b/3b work (e.g., the precise microlocal propagation theorems invoked).
  2. [§6] The dictionary between decay rates and weighted low-energy resolvent bounds (mentioned in the abstract and §6) is central to the nonlinear applications; a short table or schematic summarizing the correspondence would improve readability.
  3. Notation: the precise definition of the weighted spacetime Sobolev spaces (including the precise weights and the b-vector fields used for commutation) appears only after the statement of the main theorem; moving a concise definition to the introduction would aid navigation.

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We thank the referee for their positive summary, significance assessment, and recommendation of minor revision. No specific major comments appear in the report.

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The paper's key linear estimates are obtained via microlocal propagation in edge-b and 3b settings, stationary-model estimates, finite-time energy estimates, and b-vector-field commutations, as described in the abstract. It states explicitly that the work 'builds on Part I only a broad conceptual level, and is largely self-contained.' The spectral assumption is invoked as an explicit hypothesis allowing zero-energy bound states, not as a derived or fitted quantity. No self-definitional reductions, fitted inputs renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citation chains appear in the argument structure.

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  • domain assumption The time-translation-invariant model satisfies a spectral assumption of mode stability type.
    Invoked in the abstract as the condition enabling the strong estimates, including for models with zero-energy bound states.

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