Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2006-02-21
JHEP0608:011,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
v2: 21 pages, JHEP3.cls, one reference added
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/08/011
We analyse the effective potential of the scalar wave equation near generic space-time singularities of power-law type (Szekeres-Iyer metrics) and show that the effective potential exhibits a universal and scale invariant leading x^{-2} inverse square behaviour in the ``tortoise coordinate'' x provided that the metrics satisfy the strict Dominant Energy Condition (DEC). This result parallels that obtained in hep-th/0403252 for probes consisting of families of massless particles (null geodesic deviation, a.k.a. the Penrose Limit). The detailed properties of the scalar wave operator depend sensitively on the numerical coefficient of the x^{-2}-term, and as one application we show that timelike singularities satisfying the DEC are quantum mechanically singular in the sense of the Horowitz-Marolf (essential self-adjointness) criterion. We also comment on some related issues like the near-singularity behaviour of the scalar fields permitted by the Friedrichs extension.
Blau Matthias
Frank Denis
Weiss Sebastian
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