On the Stability of 3D Null Singularities
- SLAC
String propagation on a three-dimensional Lorentzian string orbifold with a null singularity has been studied by Horowitz and Steif, and more recently by Liu, Moore and Seiberg. We analyze the target space as a classical gravitational background. The singularity becomes spacelike when an arbitrarily small amount of matter is thrown at the singularity. This can be seen directly by constructing a Vaidya-type solution, or by studying the null singularity as a limit of the M = 0, J = 0 BTZ black hole metric.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515;
- OSTI ID:
- 799928
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-9213
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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