The extended conformal Einstein field equations with matter: The Einstein–Maxwell field

Abstract

A discussion is given of the conformal Einstein field equations coupled with matter whose energy–momentum tensor is trace-free. These resulting equations are expressed in terms of a generic Weyl connection. The article shows how in the presence of matter it is possible to construct a conformal gauge which allows to know a priori the location of the conformal boundary. In vacuum this gauge reduces to the so-called conformal Gaussian gauge. These ideas are applied to obtain (i) a new proof of the stability of Einstein–Maxwell de Sitter-like spacetimes; (ii) a proof of the semi-global stability of purely radiative Einstein–Maxwell spacetimes.