Asymptotic structure and stability of spatially homogeneous space-times with a positive cosmological constant

TL;DR

This paper studies the long-term behavior of spatially homogeneous space-times with a positive cosmological constant, demonstrating their stability and conformal properties, and extending cosmic no-hair theorems to these models.

Contribution

It develops geometric conformal methods to prove future asymptotic simplicity and stability of a broad class of homogeneous space-times with positive cosmological constant.

Findings

Space-times are future asymptotically simple and conformally regular.

Global conformal regularity established for Einstein-Maxwell and other systems.

Some space-times approach de Sitter asymptotically, showing stability.

Abstract

We investigate the future asymptotics of spatially homogeneous space-times with a positive cosmological constant by using and further developing geometric conformal methods in General Relativity. For a large class of source fields, including fluids with anisotropic stress, we prove that the space-times are future asymptotically simple and geometrically conformally regular. We use that result in order to show the global conformal regularity of the Einstein-Maxwell system as well as the Einstein-radiation, Einstein-dust, massless Einstein-Vlasov and particular Einstein-scalar field systems for Bianchi space-times. Taking into account previous results, this implies the future non-linear stability of some of those space-times in the sense that, for small perturbations, the space-times approach locally the de Sitter solution asymptotically in time. This extends some cosmic no-hair theorems to almost spatially homogeneous space-times. However, we find that the conformal Einstein field equations preserve the Bianchi type even at conformal infinity, so the resulting asymptotic space-times have conformal hair.