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Gravitational Collapse and Space-Time Singularities
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Penrose argues that once a trapped surface forms during gravitational collapse, spacetime singularities must develop, irrespective of any assumption of spherical or other symmetry. The paper outlines a proof that a set of five plausible physical assumptions is internally inconsistent.
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- The five assumptions — (i) M⁺ is a nonsingular manifold with two separate null half-cone systems, (ii) null completeness (every null geodesic extends to arbitrarily large affine parameter), (iii) the Cauchy hypersurface condition (every timelike or null geodesic in M⁺ can be extended into the past until it meets C), (iv) non-negativeness of local energy, and (v) the existence of a trapped surface T² in M⁺ — are together inconsistent.
- A trapped surface is defined as a closed spacelike 2-surface whose two orthogonal systems of null geodesics converge locally in future directions. In spherical collapse such a surface exists once matter contracts within r = 2m; the Kerr solutions with m > a (angular momentum) also possess trapped surfaces, whereas those with m < a do not.
- If physical singularities are not permitted, then inside such a collapsing object at least one of the following must hold: (a) negative local energy occurs, (b) Einstein's equations are violated, (c) the spacetime manifold is incomplete, or (d) the concept of spacetime loses its meaning at very high curvatures, possibly because of quantum phenomena.
- The convergence argument: with p ≤ 0 at T² (trapped), the cross-sectional area A becomes zero at a finite affine distance to the future on each null geodesic, so each geodesic encounters a caustic and B' is compact; approximating B' by a smooth closed spacelike hypersurface B'* and using a degree argument, d(Q) = 1 near both B'* and C, which is impossible because C is noncompact.
Methods
- Design: a theoretical general-relativity argument, presented as an outline of a proof, deliberately avoiding symmetry assumptions (spherical symmetry precludes discussion of gravitational radiation, which requires at least quadrupole structure).
- Setup: an initial Cauchy hypersurface C carrying a matter distribution, with Einstein's field equations and suitable equations of state; the only assumption made about the equations of state is the non-negative definiteness of the energy expression.
- Main analysis: null geodesic convergence and shear for the null geodesic segments generating the boundary B' of the future set of the trapped surface, combined with a topological degree argument on the map from B'* back to C.
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“Aft the matter has contracted within r =2m, er e =, = t a space e sp e lik here S' (f =const, 2m &r= cson) can be found in the empty region surrounding the matter.”
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“The impossibility of this follows from the noncompactness of C'.”
§ GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE AND SPACE-TIME SINGULARITIES > Abstract
Tests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes✓ Load-bearing: passes✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: The manifold M+ is the future time development of an initial Cauchy surface C (the past boundary of the M+ region).
- The authors state this as an assumption: M+ is a nonsingular C∞ manifold for which the null half-cones form two separate systems (past and future).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the future to arbitrarily large affine parameter values (null completeness).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every timelike or null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the past until it meets C (Cauchy hypersurface condition).
- The authors state this as an assumption: At every point of M+, all timelike vectors t satisfy (-R_ab + ... ) t^a t^b ≥ 0 (non-negativeness of local energy).
- The authors state this as an assumption: There exists a trapped surface T' in M+.
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“Local considerations show that B' is null where it is nonsingular, being generated by the null geodesic segments which meet T' orthogonally at a past endpoint and have a future endpoint if this is a singularity (on a caustic or crossing region) of B'.”
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Tests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes✓ Load-bearing: passes✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: The manifold M+ is the future time development of an initial Cauchy surface C (the past boundary of the M+ region).
- The authors state this as an assumption: M+ is a nonsingular C∞ manifold for which the null half-cones form two separate systems (past and future).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the future to arbitrarily large affine parameter values (null completeness).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every timelike or null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the past until it meets C (Cauchy hypersurface condition).
- The authors state this as an assumption: At every point of M+, all timelike vectors t satisfy (-R_ab + ... ) t^a t^b ≥ 0 (non-negativeness of local energy).
- The authors state this as an assumption: There exists a trapped surface T' in M+.
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“Hence B' is compact (closed), being generated by a compact system of finite segments.”
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Tests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes✓ Load-bearing: passes✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: The manifold M+ is the future time development of an initial Cauchy surface C (the past boundary of the M+ region).
- The authors state this as an assumption: M+ is a nonsingular C∞ manifold for which the null half-cones form two separate systems (past and future).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the future to arbitrarily large affine parameter values (null completeness).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every timelike or null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the past until it meets C (Cauchy hypersurface condition).
- The authors state this as an assumption: At every point of M+, all timelike vectors t satisfy (-R_ab + ... ) t^a t^b ≥ 0 (non-negativeness of local energy).
- The authors state this as an assumption: There exists a trapped surface T' in M+.
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“To an outside observer the contraction to ~= 2m appears to take an infinite time.”
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Tests✓ Asserted: passes✓ Checkable: passes✓ Load-bearing: passes✓ Based: passes- The authors state this as an assumption: The only assumption made about the equations of state is the non-negative definiteness of the energy expression T_ab (with or without cosmological terms).
- The authors state this as an assumption: The matter distribution undergoes gravitational collapse in a way which, at first, qualitatively resembles the spherical case.
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“It will be shown here, in outline, that (i), ~~~, (v) are together inconsistent.”
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- The authors state this as an assumption: M+ is a nonsingular C∞ manifold for which the null half-cones form two separate systems (past and future).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the future to arbitrarily large affine parameter values (null completeness).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every timelike or null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the past until it meets C (Cauchy hypersurface condition).
- The authors state this as an assumption: At every point of M+, all timelike vectors t satisfy (-R_ab + ... ) t^a t^b ≥ 0 (non-negativeness of local energy).
- The authors state this as an assumption: There exists a trapped surface T' in M+.
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“The empty region surrounding the matter will, in th1s case, Schwarzsc 1 h ld field”
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“The existence of a singular1ty can tion such d however, without an assump io inferre, ow r con- as completeness for the manifold under c si eration.”
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“The recent rotating solution of Kerr' also possesses a physical singularity”
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“Since T' is trapped, p& 0 at T', whence A becomes zero at a finite affine distance to the future of T' on each null geodesic.”
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The manifold M+ is the future time development of an initial Cauchy surface C (the past boundary of the M+ region).
- The authors state this as an assumption: M+ is a nonsingular C∞ manifold for which the null half-cones form two separate systems (past and future).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the future to arbitrarily large affine parameter values (null completeness).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every timelike or null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the past until it meets C (Cauchy hypersurface condition).
- The authors state this as an assumption: At every point of M+, all timelike vectors t satisfy (-R_ab + ... ) t^a t^b ≥ 0 (non-negativeness of local energy).
- The authors state this as an assumption: There exists a trapped surface T' in M+.
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“This sphere is an example of what will be called here a trapped surfacedefined T' with the property that the two systems of null eodesics which meet T' orthogonally con- verge locally in future directions at T'.”
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“Each geodesic thus encounters a caustic.”
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The manifold M+ is the future time development of an initial Cauchy surface C (the past boundary of the M+ region).
- The authors state this as an assumption: M+ is a nonsingular C∞ manifold for which the null half-cones form two separate systems (past and future).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the future to arbitrarily large affine parameter values (null completeness).
- The authors state this as an assumption: Every timelike or null geodesic in M+ can be extended into the past until it meets C (Cauchy hypersurface condition).
- The authors state this as an assumption: At every point of M+, all timelike vectors t satisfy (-R_ab + ... ) t^a t^b ≥ 0 (non-negativeness of local energy).
- The authors state this as an assumption: There exists a trapped surface T' in M+.
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“For a sufficiently great mass, there is no final equilibrium state.%'hen sufficient thermal energy has been radiated away, the body contracts and continues to contract until a physi- cal singularity is encountered at r = 0.”
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“As measured by local comoving observers”
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“the body passes within its Schwarzschild radius r = 2m.”
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The matter distribution undergoes gravitational collapse in a way which, at first, qualitatively resembles the spherical case.
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“Note that an exterior ob- server will always see matter outside r =2m, the collapse through r =2m to the singularity at r =0 being invisible to him.”
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“ly trapped surfaces will still exist if the matter region has no sharp boundary or if spherica tions from the above situation are not too great.”
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“Indee, e d th Kerr solutions with m &a angular ) all possess trapped surfac momentum ma .' The whereas os th se for which m ~a do not.”
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- Authors
- Penrose, R.
- Affiliations
- Birkbeck, University of London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Penrose, Roger
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
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- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1965-01-18
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 57-59
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2052045615
- Semantic Scholar
- 16e21b5e29346e9413274a9051c44888943c274a
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- 16.61
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- Keywords
- gravitational collapse, spacetime singularities, blast wave, cosmic ray observation
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