Energy conditions and their cosmological implications

Details Energy conditions and their cosmological implications Energy conditions and their cosmological implications

2000-01-28

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0001099v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Plenary talk presented at Cosmo99, Trieste, Sept/Oct 1999. 8 pages, latex 209, World Scientific style file ltwol.sty (included

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The energy conditions of general relativity permit one to deduce very powerful and general theorems about the behaviour of strong gravitational fields and cosmological geometries. However, the energy conditions these theorems are based on are beginning to look a lot less secure than they once seemed: (1) there are subtle quantum effects that violate all of the energy conditions, and more tellingly (2), there are also relatively benign looking classical systems that violate all the energy conditions. This opens up a Pandora's box of rather disquieting possibilities --- everything from negative asymptotic mass, to traversable wormholes, to warp drives, up to and including time machines.

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