Behaviour of asymptotically electro-$\Lambda$ spacetimes

Abstract

We present the asymptotic solutions for spacetimes with non-zero cosmological constant $\Lambda$ coupled to Maxwell fields, using the Newman-Penrose formalism. This extends a recent work that dealt with the vacuum Einstein (Newman-Penrose) equations with $\Lambda \ne 0$. The results are given in two different null tetrads: the Newman-Unti and Szabados-Tod null tetrads, where the peeling property is exhibited in the former but not the latter. Using these asymptotic solutions, we discuss the mass-loss of an isolated electro-gravitating system with cosmological constant. In a universe with $\Lambda >0$, the physics of electromagnetic (EM) radiation is relatively straightforward compared to those of gravitational radiation: 1) It is clear that outgoing EM radiation results in a decrease to the Bondi mass of the isolated system. 2) It is also perspicuous that if any incoming EM radiation from elsewhere is present, those beyond the isolated system's cosmological horizon would eventually arrive at the spacelike $\mathcal{I}$ and increase the Bondi mass of the isolated system. Hence, the (outgoing and incoming) EM radiation fields do not couple with $\Lambda$ in the Bondi mass-loss formula in an unusual manner, unlike the gravitational counterpart where outgoing gravitational radiation induces non-conformal flatness of $\mathcal{I}$. These asymptotic solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell-de Sitter equations presented here may be used to extend a raft of existing results based on Newman-Unti's asymptotic solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell equations where $\Lambda =0$, to now incorporate the cosmological constant $\Lambda$.

38 pages, this is the full updated manuscript including discussions using a "Szabados-Tod"-type null tetrad. Accepted by Physical Review D

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