We present a stable class of spacetimes which satisfy the conditions of the singularity theorem of Hawking & Penrose (1970), and which contain naked singularities. This offers counterexamples to a geometric version of the strong cosmic censorship hypothesis.
A mini-introduction to critical phenomena in gravitational collapse is combined with a more detailed discussion of how gravity regularizes the 'critical spacetimes' that dominate these phenomena.
We discuss an apparent paradox (and conjectured resolution) of Jacobson and Venkataramani concerning 'temporarily toroidal' black hole horizons, in light of a recent connectivity theorem for spaces of complete causal curves. We do this in a self-contained manner by first reviewing the 'fastest curve argument' which proves this connectivity theorem, and we note that active topological censorship can be derived as a corollary of this argument. We argue that the apparent paradox arises only when one...
The occurrence and nature of the central naked singularity in aspherical Szekeres models is investigated here, and the strength of the singularity is discussed. The implications for the cosmic censorship hypothesis are considered.
The paper provides a review of A.M. Mathai's applications of the theory of special functions, particularly generalized hypergeometric functions, to problems in stellar physics and formation of structure in the Universe and to questions related to reaction, diffusion, and reaction-diffusion models. The essay also highlights Mathai's recent work on entropic, distributional, and differential pathways to basic concepts in statistical mechanics, making use of his earlier research results in information...
On étudie le comportement asymptotique des niveaux d’une fonction temps quasi-concave, définie sur un espace-temps globalement hyperbolique maximal plat de dimension trois, admettant une hypersurface de Cauchy de genre . On donne une réponse positive à une conjecture posée par Benedetti et Guadagnini dans [7]. Plus précisément, on montre que les niveaux d’une telle fonction temps convergent au sens de la topologie de Hausdorff-Gromov équivariante vers un arbre réel. On montre de plus que la limite...
We provide a geometric well-posedness theory for the Einstein equations within the class of weakly regular vacuum spacetimes with -symmetry, as defined in the present paper, and we investigate their global causal structure. Our assumptions allow us to give a meaning to the Einstein equations under weak regularity as well as to solve the initial value problem under the assumed symmetry. First, introducing a frame adapted to the symmetry and identifying certain cancellation properties taking place...