Strong cosmic censorship for the spherically symmetric Einstein-Maxwell-charged-Klein-Gordon system with positive $\Lambda$: stability of the Cauchy horizon and $H^1$ extensions

Abstract

We investigate the interior of a dynamical black hole as described by the Einstein-Maxwell-charged-Klein-Gordon system of equations with a cosmological constant, under spherical symmetry. In particular, we consider a characteristic initial value problem where, on the outgoing initial hypersurface, interpreted as the event horizon ${\mathcal{H}}^{+}$ of a dynamical black hole, we prescribe: a) initial data asymptotically approaching a fixed sub-extremal Reissner-Nordström-de Sitter solution; b) an exponential Price law upper bound for the charged scalar field. After showing local well-posedness for the corresponding first-order system of partial differential equations, we establish the existence of a Cauchy horizon ${\mathcal{C}\mathcal{H}}^{+}$ for the evolved spacetime, extending the bootstrap methods used in the case $\Lambda =0$ by Van de Moortel. In this context, we show the existence of $C^0$ spacetime extensions beyond ${\mathcal{C}\mathcal{H}}^{+}$. Moreover, if the scalar field decays at a sufficiently fast rate along ${\mathcal{H}}^{+}$, we show that the renormalized Hawking mass remains bounded for a large set of initial data. With respect to the analogous model concerning an uncharged and massless scalar field, we are able to extend the known range of parameters for which mass inflation is prevented, up to the optimal threshold suggested by the linear analyses by Costa-Franzen and Hintz-Vasy. In this no-mass-inflation scenario, which includes near-extremal solutions, we further prove that the spacetime can be extended across the Cauchy horizon with continuous metric, Christoffel symbols in $L_{\text{loc}}^2$ and scalar field in $H_{\text{loc}}^1$. By generalizing the work by Costa-Girão-Natário-Silva to the case of a charged and massive scalar field, our results reveal a potential failure of the Christodoulou-Chruściel version of the strong cosmic censorship under spherical symmetry.

56 pages, 6 figures; v3: Introduction partially rewritten/improved according to the suggestions of the referee. The notation of the main statements and proofs was simplified, a few steps in the proofs were clarified. Some results on local well-posedness were removed and can be found in my PhD thesis. Version to appear in AHP

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• A note on Strong Cosmic Censorship and its violation in Reissner-Nordström de Sitter black hole space-times