Lower bounds for Ramsey numbers of bounded degree hypergraphs

Abstract: We prove that, for all $k \ge 3,$ and any integers $\Delta, n$ with $n \ge \Delta,$ there exists a $k$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices with maximum degree at most $\Delta$ whose $4$-color Ramsey number is at least $\mathrm{tw}_k(c_k \sqrt{\Delta}) \cdot n$, for some constant $c_k > 0$, where $\mathrm{tw}_k$ denotes the tower function. This is tight up to the power of $\Delta$ on top of the tower and extends a result of Graham, R\"{o}dl and Ruci\'{n}ski for graphs.