On the Gannon–Lee singularity theorem in higher dimensions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/15/155016MaRDI QIDQ3586304zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. P. Costa e Silva

Publication date 6 September 2010

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.5527

zbMATH Keywords

black holescosmic censorshipspace-time singularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: The Gannon-Lee singularity theorems give well-known restrictions on the spatial topology of singularity-free (i.e., nonspacelike geodesically complete), globally hyperbolic spacetimes. In this paper, we revisit these classic results in the light of recent developments, especially the failure in higher dimensions of a celebrated theorem by Hawking on the topology of black hole horizons. The global hyperbolicity requirement is weakened, and we expand the scope of the main results to allow for the richer variety of spatial topologies which are likely to occur in higher-dimensional spacetimes.

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