Published November 7, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Sudden future singularities in FLRW cosmologies

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 (Canada)

Description

The standard energy conditions of classical general relativity are applied to FLRW cosmologies containing sudden future singularities. Here we show, in a model-independent way, that although such cosmologies can satisfy the null, weak and strong energy conditions, they always fail to satisfy the dominant energy condition. They require a divergent spacelike energy flux in all but the comoving frame. (letter to the editor)

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/L129/cqg4_21_l01.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. L129-L132
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36029384
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; METRICS; SINGULARITY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELATIVITY THEORY