We consider a system representing self-gravitating balls of dust in an expanding Universe.It is demonstrated that one can prescribe data for such a system at infinity and evolve it backward in time without the development of shocks or singularities. The resulting solution to the Einstein-λ-dust equations exists for an infinite amount of time in the asymptotic region of the spacetime. Furthermore, we find that if the density is small compared to the Cosmological constant, then it is possible to construct Cosmological solutions to the Einstein constraint equations on a standard Cauchy hypersurface representing self-gravitating balls of dust. If, in addition, the density is assumed to be sufficiently small, then this initial data gives rise to a future geodesically complete solution to the Einstein-λ-dust equations admitting a smooth conformal extension at infinity which can be regarded as a perturbation of de Sitter spacetime. The main technical tool in this analysis are Friedrich's conformal Einstein field equations for the Einstein-λ-dust written in terms of a gauge in which the flow lines of the dust are recast as conformal geodesics.
We use an orthonormal frame approach to provide a general framework for the first order hyperbolic reduction of the Einstein equations coupled to a fairly generic class of matter models. Our analysis covers the special cases of dust and perfect fluid. We also provide a discussion of self-gravitating elastic matter. The frame is Fermi–Walker propagated and coordinates are chosen such as to satisfy the Lagrange condition. We show the propagation of the constraints of the Einstein-matter system.
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