The Constant Mean Curvature Einstein flow and the Bel-Robinson energy

Abstract

We give an extensive treatment of the Constant Mean Curvature (CMC) Einstein flow from the point of view of the Bel-Robinson energies. The article, in particular, stresses on estimates showing how the Bel-Robinson energies and the volume of the evolving states control intrinsically the flow along evolution. The treatment is for flows over compact three-manifolds of arbitrary topological type, although the form of the estimates may vary depending on the Yamabe invariant of the manifold. We end up showing well posedness of the CMC Einstein flow with H^{3} x H^{2} regularity, and proving a criteria for a flow to be a long-time flow on manifolds with non-positive Yamabe invariant in terms only of the first order Bel-Robinson energy.

71 pages. This is an improved version of part of arXiv:0705.3070 that we now replace. An improved version of the second part of arXiv:0705.3070 will come out as a new submission