Strong Cosmic Censorship versus Λ
Mihalis Dafermos (Cambridge and Princeton University)
Abstract: The strong cosmic censorship conjecture is a fundamental open problem in classical general relativity, first put forth by Roger Penrose in the early 70s. This is essentially the question of whether general relativity is a deterministic theory. Perhaps the most exciting arena where the validity of the conjecture is challenged is the interior of rotating black holes, and there has been a lot of work in the past 50 years in identifying mechanisms ensuring that at least some formulation of the conjecture be true. It turns out that when a nonzero cosmological constant Λ is added to the Einstein equations, these underlying mechanisms change in an unexpected way, and the validity of the conjecture depends on a detailed understanding of subtle aspects of black hole scattering theory, surprisingly involving, in the case of negative Λ, some number theory. Does strong cosmic censorship survive the challenge of non-zero Λ? This talk will try to address this Question!
general relativity and quantum cosmologymathematical physics
Audience: researchers in the topic
Series comments: Description: Seminars in high energy physics
Weekly HEP Seminars in the broad spectrum of High Energy Physics at University of Crete.
Recordings of past seminars can be found at conference.physics.uoc.gr/b/hep-kzk-2ad
| Organizers: | Panagiotis Betzios*, Adam Bzowski |
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