The Penrose singularity theorem, MOTS stability, and horizon topology in weighted spacetimes

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Main Authors: Ling, Eric, Ohanyan, Argam, Woolgar, Eric
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author Ling, Eric
Ohanyan, Argam
Woolgar, Eric
author_facet Ling, Eric
Ohanyan, Argam
Woolgar, Eric
contents We consider versions of the Penrose singularity theorem and the Hawking horizon topology theorem in weighted spacetimes that contain weighted versions of trapped surfaces, for arbitrary spacetime dimension and synthetic dimension. We find that suitable generalizations of the unweighted theorems hold under a weighted null energy condition. Our results also provide further evidence in favour of a weighted scalar curvature that differs from the trace of the weighted Ricci curvature. When the synthetic dimension is a positive integer, these weighted curvatures have a natural interpretation in terms of warped product metrics.
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spellingShingle The Penrose singularity theorem, MOTS stability, and horizon topology in weighted spacetimes
Ling, Eric
Ohanyan, Argam
Woolgar, Eric
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Differential Geometry
We consider versions of the Penrose singularity theorem and the Hawking horizon topology theorem in weighted spacetimes that contain weighted versions of trapped surfaces, for arbitrary spacetime dimension and synthetic dimension. We find that suitable generalizations of the unweighted theorems hold under a weighted null energy condition. Our results also provide further evidence in favour of a weighted scalar curvature that differs from the trace of the weighted Ricci curvature. When the synthetic dimension is a positive integer, these weighted curvatures have a natural interpretation in terms of warped product metrics.
title The Penrose singularity theorem, MOTS stability, and horizon topology in weighted spacetimes
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26675