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Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 161101 (2004) [4 pages]

Numerical Simulations of Generic Singularities

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David Garfinkle*
Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 35 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9, Canada

Received 29 December 2003; published 12 October 2004

Numerical simulations of the approach to the singularity in vacuum spacetimes are presented here. The spacetimes examined have no symmetries and can be regarded as representing the general behavior of singularities. It is found that the singularity is spacelike and that, as it is approached, the spacetime dynamics becomes local and oscillatory.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.161101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.161101
PACS:
04.20.Dw, 04.25.Dm

*Electronic address: david@physics.uoguelph.ca