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A model unifying general relativity with quantum mechanics is further developed. It is based on a noncommutative geometry which supposedly modelled the universe in its pre-Planckian epoch. The geometry is totally nonlocal with no time and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Heller , W. Sasin

We establish a global existence theory for the equation governing the evolution of a relativistic membrane in a (possibly curved) Lorentzian manifold, when the spacetime metric is a perturbation of the Minkowski metric. Relying on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-11 Philippe G. LeFloch , Changhua Wei

We prove that the Penrose limit of a Lorentzian metric along an affinely parametrized null geodesic is intrinsic, but intrinsic on a weighted associated-graded model determined by the null filtration rather than on a canonically identified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-21 Jonathan Holland , George Sparling

In this paper, we show how the proper choice of gauge is critical in analyzing the stability of non-singular cosmological bounce solutions based on Horndeski theories. We show that it is possible to construct non-singular cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-07 Anna Ijjas

We study the thermodynamics of Einstein gravity with vanishing cosmological constant subjected to conformal boundary conditions. Our focus is on comparing the series of subextensive terms to predictions from thermal effective field theory,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-29 Batoul Banihashemi , Edgar Shaghoulian , Sanjit Shashi

We prove that there are no restrictions on the spatial topology of asymptotically flat solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in (n+1)-dimensions. We do this by gluing a solution of the vacuum constraint equations on an arbitrary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 James Isenberg , Rafe Mazzeo , Daniel Pollack

It is proved in the manuscript that as long as the proper coordinate transformation is introduced,, the equations of geodetic lines described in curved space-time can be transformed into the dynamic equations in flat space-time, that is to…

General Physics · Physics 2011-08-24 Mei Xiaochun

We give a new proof of the recent result by Fournodavlos-Schlue on the nonlinear stability of the expanding region of Kerr-de Sitter spacetimes as solutions of the Einstein vacuum equations with positive cosmological constant. Our gauge is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-25 Peter Hintz , András Vasy

We consider the periodic defocusing cubic nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation in three dimensions in the symplectic phase space $H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\mathbb{T}^3) \times H^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\mathbb{T}^3)$. This space is at the critical regularity for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-08 Dana Mendelson

This research aims to provide the geometrical foundation of the uncertainty principle within a new causal structure of spacetime so-called Symmetrical Special Relativity (SSR), where there emerges a Lorentz violation due to the presence of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-10 Cláudio Nassif Cruz

Gravitational waves with a space-translation Killing field are considered. In this case, the 4-dimensional Einstein vacuum equations are equivalent to the 3-dimensional Einstein equations with certain matter sources. This interplay between…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Abhay Ashtekar , Jiri Bicak , Bernd G. Schmidt

We study constant mean curvature Lorentzian hypersurfaces of $\mathbb{R}^{1,d+1}$ from the point of view of its Cauchy problem. We completely classify the spherically symmetric solutions, which include among them a manifold isometric to the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-14 Willie Wai-Yeung Wong

The Averaged Null Energy Condition (ANEC) states that the integral along a complete null geodesic of the projection of the stress-energy tensor onto the tangent vector to the geodesic cannot be negative. Exotic spacetimes, such as those…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-14 Eleni-Alexandra Kontou , Ken D. Olum

We propose a 4-dimensional Kaluza-Klein approach to general relativity in the (2,2)-splitting of space-time using the double null gauge. The associated Lagrangian is equivalent to the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian, since it yields the same…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. H. Yoon

We consider the problem of small data global existence for a class of semilinear wave equations with null condition on a Lorentzian background $(\mathbb{R}^{3+1}, g)$ with a \textbf{time dependent metric $g$} coinciding with Minkowski…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-04-30 Shiwu Yang

Noether symmetry has been invoked to explore the forms of a couple of coupling parameters and the potential appearing in a general scalar-tensor theory of gravity in the background of Robertson-Walker space-time. Exact solutions of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-10 Abhik Kumar Sanyal , Ranajit Mandal

A dynamically preferred quasi-local definition of gravitational energy is given in terms of the Hamiltonian of a `2+2' formulation of general relativity. The energy is well-defined for any compact orientable spatial 2-surface, and depends…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Sean A. Hayward

The oft-neglected issue of the causal structure in the flat spacetime approach to Einstein's theory of gravity is considered. Consistency requires that the flat metric's null cone be respected, but this does not happen automatically. After…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 J. Brian Pitts , W. C. Schieve

We develop area and volume comparison theorems for the evolution of spacelike, acausal, causally complete hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds, where one has a lower bound on the Ricci tensor along timelike curves, and an upper bound on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-19 Jan-Hendrik Treude , James D. E. Grant

A nonlinear generalisation of Schrodinger's equation is obtained using information-theoretic arguments. The nonlinearities are controlled by an intrinsic length scale and involve derivatives to all orders thus making the equation mildly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Rajesh R. Parwani