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Inextendibility of expanding cosmological models with symmetry

Mihalis Dafermos, Alan D. Rendall

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0509106

Abstract

A new criterion for inextendibility of expanding cosmological models with symmetry is presented. It is applied to derive a number of new results and to simplify the proofs of existing ones. In particular it shows that the solutions of the Einstein-Vlasov system with T2 symmetry, including the vacuum solutions, are inextendible in the future. The technique introduced adds a qualitatively new element to the available tool-kit for studying strong cosmic censorship.

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