SINGULARITIES, TRAPPED SETS, AND COSMIC CENSORSHIP IN ASYMPTOTICALLY FLAT SPACE-TIMES

被引:5
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KROLAK, A [1 ]
RUDNICKI, W [1 ]
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[1] PEDAGOG UNIV,INST PHYS,PL-35310 RZESZOW,POLAND
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10.1007/BF00674401
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We show that space-time is future asymptotically predictable from a regular partial Cauchy provided that singularities are causally preceded by trapped sets. Future asymptotic predictability is a formal statement of cosmic censorship in asymptotically flat space-times. A regular partial Cauchy surface means that singularities in gravitational collapse can arise only from regular initial data. Our result confirms a supposition by Hawking that singularities forced by singularity theorems cannot be naked.
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