Shock formation for the Einstein-Euler system
Speaker:
Jonathan Luk, Stanford University
Date and Time:
Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 9:30am to 10:30am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
I will discuss ongoing work in which we prove stable shock formation for a class of nearly plane-symmetric solutions to the Einstein-Euler system. This fits in the larger context of multi-dimensional shock formation for hyperbolic systems with multiple speeds, where the main novelty here is that the shock-forming wave propagates with a slower speed. This is a joint work in progress with John Anderson (Stony Brook).

