Consistent Gauge Conditions for Dust-Shell Dynamics in Effective Quantum Gravity

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author Qu, Dongxue
Zhang, Cong
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Zhang, Cong
contents Previous analyses of shocks generated by shell-crossing singularities are affected by inappropriate gauge choices, and no systematic method is available for selecting a consistent gauge. In this work, we develop such a method for effective quantum gravity coupled to a dust shell. We illustrate it in classical general relativity and verify it numerically, with results in agreement with the Israel junction condition. We also show that gauges such as the Painlevé-Gullstrand and Schwarzschild ones are incompatible with the presence of a dust shell when imposed on the whole spatial slice. This explains the difficulties in previous treatments. The framework developed here provides a basis for studying shell-crossing singularities and shock dynamics in generally covariant effective black-hole models.
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spellingShingle Consistent Gauge Conditions for Dust-Shell Dynamics in Effective Quantum Gravity
Qu, Dongxue
Zhang, Cong
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Previous analyses of shocks generated by shell-crossing singularities are affected by inappropriate gauge choices, and no systematic method is available for selecting a consistent gauge. In this work, we develop such a method for effective quantum gravity coupled to a dust shell. We illustrate it in classical general relativity and verify it numerically, with results in agreement with the Israel junction condition. We also show that gauges such as the Painlevé-Gullstrand and Schwarzschild ones are incompatible with the presence of a dust shell when imposed on the whole spatial slice. This explains the difficulties in previous treatments. The framework developed here provides a basis for studying shell-crossing singularities and shock dynamics in generally covariant effective black-hole models.
title Consistent Gauge Conditions for Dust-Shell Dynamics in Effective Quantum Gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24168