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 are obtained. This initial data allow 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.