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Spike behavior in the approach to spacetime singularities

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-01-04 v1

Abstract

We perform numerical simulations of the approach to spacetime singularities. The simulations are done with sufficient resolution to resolve the small scale features (known as spikes) that form in this process. We find an analytical formula for the shape of the spikes and show that the spikes in the simulations are well described by this formula.

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@article{arxiv.2010.01399,
  title  = {Spike behavior in the approach to spacetime singularities},
  author = {David Garfinkle and Frans Pretorius},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.01399},
  year   = {2021}
}
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