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On singular solutions in multidimensional gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is proved that the Riemann tensor squared is divergent as τ\ra0\tau \ra 0 for a wide class of cosmological metrics with non-exceptional Kasner-like behaviour of scale factors as τ\ra0\tau \ra 0, where τ\tau is synchronous time. Using this result it is shown that any non-trivial generalization of the spherically-symmetric Tangherlini solution to the case of nn Ricci-flat internal spaces \cite{FIM} has a divergent Riemann tensor squared as R\raR0R \ra R_0, where R0R_0 is parameter of length of the solution. Multitemporal naked singularities are also considered.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9507056,
  title  = {On singular solutions in multidimensional gravity},
  author = {V. D. Ivashchuk and V. N. Melnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9507056},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages, LaTex. Submitted to Gravitation and Cosmology (new Russian journal)