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Vacuum Spacetimes with Future Trapped Surfaces

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

In this article we show that one can construct initial data for the Einstein equations which satisfy the vacuum constraints. This initial data is defined on a manifold with topology R3R^3 with a regular center and is asymptotically flat. Further, this initial data will contain an annular region which is foliated by two-surfaces of topology S2S^2. These two-surfaces are future trapped in the language of Penrose. The Penrose singularity theorem guarantees that the vacuum spacetime which evolves from this initial data is future null incomplete.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9511070,
  title  = {Vacuum Spacetimes with Future Trapped Surfaces},
  author = {R. Beig and N. Ó Murchadha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9511070},
  year   = {2009}
}

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