arXiv · 1001.5373
Finite-energy global well-posedness of the Maxwell-Klein-Gordon system in Lorenz gauge
Abstract
It is known that the Maxwell-Klein-Gordon system (M-K-G), when written relative to the Coulomb gauge, is globally well-posed for finite-energy initial data. This result, due to Klainerman and Machedon, relies crucially on the null structure of the main bilinear terms of M-K-G in Coulomb gauge. It appears to have been believed that such a structure is not present in Lorenz gauge, but we prove here that it is, and we use this fact to prove finite-energy global well-posedness in Lorenz gauge. The latter has the advantage, compared to Coulomb gauge, of being Lorentz invariant, hence M-K-G in Lorenz gauge is a system of nonlinear wave equations, whereas in Coulomb gauge the system has a less symmetric form, as it contains also a nonlinear elliptic equation.
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Sigmund Selberg, Achenef Tesfahun. 2010-01-29. Finite-energy global well-posedness of the Maxwell-Klein-Gordon system in Lorenz gauge. https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.5373
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