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The value of singularities

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 Sep 1995Embargo end date: 01 Jan 1995 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:General Relativity and Gravitation, volume 27, pages 915-919 (issn: 0001-7701, eissn: 1572-9532, Copyright policy )Funded by:NSERC | unidentified
Authors: Horowitz, Gary T.; Myers, Robert;

doi: 10.1007/bf02113073 , 10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9503062

arXiv: gr-qc/9503062

The value of singularities

Abstract

We point out that spacetime singularities play a useful role in gravitational theories by eliminating unphysical solutions. In particular, we argue that any modification of general relativity which is completely nonsingular cannot have a stable ground state. This argument applies both to classical extensions of general relativity, and to candidate quantum theories of gravity.

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High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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