Singular General Relativity
Abstract
This work presents the foundations of Singular Semi-Riemannian Geometry and Singular General Relativity, based on the author's research. An extension of differential geometry and of Einstein's equation to singularities is reported. Singularities of the form studied here allow a smooth extension of the Einstein field equations, including matter. This applies to the Big-Bang singularity of the FLRW solution. It applies to stationary black holes, in appropriate coordinates (since the standard coordinates are singular at singularity, hiding the smoothness of the metric). In these coordinates, charged black holes have the electromagnetic potential regular everywhere. Implications on Penrose's Weyl curvature hypothesis are presented. In addition, these singularities exhibit a (geo)metric dimensional reduction, which might act as a regulator for the quantum fields, including for quantum gravity, in the UV regime. This opens the perspective of perturbative renormalizability of quantum gravity without modifying General Relativity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1301.2231,
title = {Singular General Relativity},
author = {Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.2231},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
This Ph.D. thesis contains parts from arXiv papers 1112.5864, 1105.0201, 1105.3404, 1111.0646, 1111.4837, 1111.4332, 1111.7082, 1108.5099, 1112.4508, 1203.1819, 1203.3382, 1205.2586, and was defended on 06 Dec. 2013