Global well-posedness for the massive Maxwell-Klein-Gordon equation with small critical Sobolev data

Abstract

In this paper we prove global well-posedness and modified scattering for the massive Maxwell-Klein-Gordon equation in the Coulomb gauge on $\mathbb{R}^{1+d}$ $(d \geq 4)$ for data with small critical Sobolev norm. This extends to the general case $ m^2 > 0 $ the results of Krieger-Sterbenz-Tataru ($d=4,5 $) and Rodnianski-Tao ($ d \geq 6 $), who considered the case $ m=0$. We proceed by generalizing the global parametrix construction for the covariant wave operator and the functional framework from the massless case to the Klein-Gordon setting. The equation exhibits a trilinear cancelation structure identified by Machedon-Sterbenz. To treat it one needs sharp $ L^2 $ null form bounds, which we prove by estimating renormalized solutions in null frames spaces similar to the ones considered by Bejenaru-Herr. To overcome logarithmic divergences we rely on an embedding property of $ \Box^{-1} $ in conjunction with endpoint Strichartz estimates in Lorentz spaces.