INEVITABILITY OF SPACE–TIME SINGULARITIES IN THE CANONICAL METRIC

DOI10.1142/S0217732301004595MaRDI QIDQ3508263zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors J. Ponce de Leon

Publication date 27 June 2008

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0106020

zbMATH Keywords

general relativityKaluza--Klein theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: We discuss the question of whether the existence of singularities is an intrinsic property of 4D spacetime. Our hypothesis is that singularities in 4D are induced by the separation of spacetime from the other dimensions. We examine this hypothesis in the context of the so-called canonical or warp metrics in 5D. These metrics are popular because they provide a clean separation between the extra dimension and spacetime. We show that the spacetime section, in these metrics, inevitably becomes singular for some finite (non-zero) value of the extra coordinate. This is true for all canonical metrics that are solutions of the field equations in space-time-matter theory. This is a geometrical singularity in 5D, but appears as a physical one in 4D. At this singular hypersurface, the determinant of the spacetime metric becomes zero and the curvature of the spacetime blows up to infinity. These results are consistent with our hypothesis.

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