Strongly focused gravitational waves

DOI10.1007/S00220-011-1314-XzbMATH Open1229.83027arXiv0906.3812OpenAlexW1969919757MaRDI QIDQ644757FDOQ644757

E. Trubowitz, Michael Reiterer

Publication date: 7 November 2011

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper contains a new proof of the formation of trapped spheres, in vacuum spacetimes, by the focusing of gravitational waves, from generic data. The first such result was obtained by Christodoulou [Chr]. We exploit the same physical mechanism, but give a logically independent construction of these spacetimes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3812

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Gravitational waves (83C35) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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Cited In (11)

• Construction of Cauchy data of vacuum Einstein field equations evolving to black holes
• The influence of Penrose's singularity theorem in general relativity
• Emergence of apparent horizon in gravitational collapse
• On the focusing effect of gravitational waves
• On the formation of trapped surfaces
• A fully anisotropic mechanism for formation of trapped surfaces in vacuum
• Black hole formation and stability: A mathematical investigation
• Recent results in mathematical GR
• Energy estimates and gravitational collapse
• Examples of naked singularity formation in higher-dimensional Einstein-vacuum spacetimes
• The Cauchy problem on a characteristic cone for the Einstein equations in arbitrary dimensions

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