Abstract
We investigate the instability of the Cauchy horizon caused by causality violation in the compact vacuum universe with the topology [Formula presented], which Moncrief and Isenberg considered. We show that if the occurrence of curvature singularities are restricted to the boundary of the causality-violating region, the whole segments of the boundary become curvature singularities. This implies that strong cosmic censorship holds in the spatially compact vacuum space-time in the case of causality violation. This also suggests that causality violation cannot occur for a compact universe.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2094-2099 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)