English

An Event Horizon 'Firewall' Undergoing Cosmological Expansion

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-07-02 v1

Abstract

We embed an object with a singular horizon structure, reminiscent of (but fundamentally different from, except in a limiting case) a black-hole event horizon, in an expanding, spherically symmetric, homogeneous, Universe that has a positive cosmological constant. Conformal representation is discussed. There is a temperature/pressure singularity and a corresponding scalar curvature singularity at the horizon. The expanding singular horizon ultimately bounds the entire space-time manifold. It is is preceded by an expanding light front, which separates the space-time affected by the singularity from that which is not yet affected. An appropriately located observer in front of the light front can have a Hubble-Lema\^itre constant that is consistent with that currently observed.

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@article{arxiv.2407.01385,
  title  = {An Event Horizon 'Firewall' Undergoing Cosmological Expansion},
  author = {R N Henriksen and A G Emslie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.01385},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

25 pages, eight figures

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