The Singularity in generic gravitational collapse is space - like, local, and oscillatory
May, 1998
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Abstract: (arXiv)
A longstanding conjecture by Belinskii, Khalatnikov, and Lifshitz that the singularity in generic gravitational collapse is spacelike, local, and oscillatory is explored analytically and numerically in spatially inhomogeneous cosmological spacetimes. With a convenient choice of variables, it can be seen analytically how nonlinear terms in Einstein's equations control the approach to the singularity and cause oscillatory behavior. The analytic picture requires the drastic assumption that each spatial point evolves toward the singularity as an independent spatially homogeneous universe. In every case, detailed numerical simulations of the full Einstein evolution equations support this assumption.- space-time: singularity
- general relativity
- singularity: local
- singularity: oscillation
- Einstein equation: solution
- numerical calculations
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