Linear waves on constant radius limits of cosmological black hole spacetimes

Abstract: In this paper we consider the Klein-Gordon equation on spherically symmetric background spacetimes with a constant area radius. The spacetimes under consideration are Nariai and Pleba\'nski-Hacyan, and can be considered constant radius limits of Reissner-Nordstr\"om-de Sitter spacetimes. We prove boundedness in the case of a non-negative Klein Gordon mass and decay unless the mass is zero. In the latter case we prove decay of solutions that are supported on all harmonic modes with angular momentum l greater or equal to 1. We show that the l=0 modes of solutions to the massless Klein-Gordon equation do not decay. They are subject to conservation laws along degenerate Killing horizons. We apply the estimates in Nariai to give decay of solutions to the massive Klein-Gordon equation on an n-dimensional de Sitter background, using only the vector field method and with no restrictions on the positive Klein-Gordon mass.