Gowdy phenomenology in scale invariant variables

Oct, 2003
33 pages
Published in:
  • Class.Quant.Grav. 21 (2004) 3, S29-S57
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The dynamics of Gowdy vacuum spacetimes is considered in terms of Hubble-normalized scale-invariant variables, using the timelike area temporal gauge. The resulting state space formulation provides for a simple mechanism for the formation of ``false'' and ``true spikes'' in the approach to the singularity, and a geometrical formulation for the local attractor.
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  • To appear in A Spacetime Safari: Papers in Honour of Vincent Moncrief