Space of initial data for self-similar Schwarzschild solutions of the Einstein equations

Abstract

The Einstein constraint equations describe the space of initial data for the evolution equations, dictating how space should curve within spacetime. Under certain assumptions, the constraints reduce to a scalar quasilinear parabolic equation on the sphere with various singularities, and nonlinearity being the prescribed scalar curvature of space. We focus on self-similar Schwarzschild solutions. Those describe, for example, the initial data of black holes. We construct the space of initial data for such solutions, and show that the event horizon is related with global attractors of such parabolic equations. Lastly, some properties of those attractors and its solutions are explored.