The cosmological billiard attractor

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2009.V13.N2.A1zbMATH Open1170.83003arXivgr-qc/0702141OpenAlexW2001900115WikidataQ60163122 ScholiaQ60163122MaRDI QIDQ1028511FDOQ1028511

Authors: J. Mark Heinzle, Claes Uggla, Niklas Röhr 

Publication date: 30 June 2009

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This article is devoted to a study of the asymptotic dynamics of generic solutions of the Einstein vacuum equations toward a generic spacelike singularity. Starting from fundamental assumptions about the nature of generic spacelike singularities we derive in a step-by-step manner the cosmological billiard conjecture: we show that the generic asymptotic dynamics of solutions is represented by (randomized) sequences of heteroclinic orbits on the `billiard attractor'. Our analysis rests on two pillars: (i) a dynamical systems formulation based on the conformal Hubble-normalized orthonormal frame approach expressed in an Iwasawa frame; (ii) stochastic methods and the interplay between genericity and stochasticity. Our work generalizes and improves the level of rigor of previous work by Belinskii, Khalatnikov, and Lifshitz; furthermore, we establish that our approach and the Hamiltonian approach to `cosmological billiards', as elaborated by Damour, Hennaux, and Nicolai, can be viewed as yielding `dual' representations of the asymptotic dynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0702141

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mixmaster model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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