Well-posed non-vacuum solutions in Robinson--Trautman geometry

Abstract

We study nonlinear matter models compatible with radiative Robinson--Trautman spacetimes and analyze their stability and well-posedness. The results lead us to formulate a conjecture relating the (in)stability and well/ill-posedness to the character of singularity appearing in the solutions. We consider two types of nonlinear electrodynamics models, namely we provide a radiative ModMax solution and extend recent results for the RegMax model by considering the magnetically charged case. In both cases, we investigate linear perturbations around stationary spherically symmetric solutions to determine the stability and principal symbol of the system to argue about well-posedness of these geometries. Additionally, we consider a nonlinear sigma model as a source for Robinson--Trautman geometry. This leads to stationary solutions with toroidal (as opposed to spherical) topology thus demanding modification of the analysis.