Conformal Scattering of Maxwell Potentials

We construct a complete conformal scattering theory for finite energy Maxwell potentials on a class of curved, asymptotically flat spacetimes with prescribed smoothness of null infinity and a non-zero ADM mass. In order to define the full set of scattering data, we construct a Lorenz-like gauge which makes the field equations hyperbolic and non-singular up to null infinity, and reduces to an intrinsically solvable ODE on null infinity. We develop a method to solve the characteristic Cauchy problem from this scattering data based on a theorem of Hörmander. In the case of Minkowski space, we further investigate an alternative formulation of the scattering theory by using the Morawetz vector field instead of the usual timelike Killing vector field.

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Annales de l’institut Fourier
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2025-09-22
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https://doi.org/10.5802/aif.3733
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Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
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Conformal Scattering of Maxwell Potentials

Jean-Philippe Nicolas, Grigalius Taujanskas
Annales de l’institut Fourier
Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
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Conformal Scattering of Maxwell Potentials

Jean-Philippe Nicolas, Grigalius Taujanskas
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Abstract

We construct a complete conformal scattering theory for finite energy Maxwell potentials on a class of curved, asymptotically flat spacetimes with prescribed smoothness of null infinity and a non-zero ADM mass. In order to define the full set of scattering data, we construct a Lorenz-like gauge which makes the field equations hyperbolic and non-singular up to null infinity, and reduces to an intrinsically solvable ODE on null infinity. We develop a method to solve the characteristic Cauchy problem from this scattering data based on a theorem of Hörmander. In the case of Minkowski space, we further investigate an alternative formulation of the scattering theory by using the Morawetz vector field instead of the usual timelike Killing vector field.

Annales de l’institut Fourier
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (FR), University of Cambridge (GB), Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Bretagne Atlantique (FR)
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Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
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