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Title: Asymptotic Behavior of Cosmologies with $$$$\Lambda >0$$$$ in $$2+1$$ Dimensions

Abstract

We study, using mean curvature flow methods, 2+1 dimensional cosmologies with a positive cosmological constant and matter satisfying the dominant and the strong energy conditions. If the spatial slices are compact with non-positive Euler characteristic and are initially expanding everywhere, then we prove that the spatial slices reach infinite volume, asymptotically converge on average to de Sitter and they become, almost everywhere, physically indistinguishable from de Sitter. This holds true notwithstanding the presence of initial arbitrarily-large density fluctuations and the formation of black holes.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy); Inst. for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU), Trieste (Italy)
  2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Stanford Inst. of Theoretical Physics (ITP); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1638080
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; 1664683; 1720397
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Communications in Mathematical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 376; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-3616
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

Citation Formats

Creminelli, Paolo, Senatore, Leonardo, and Vasy, András. Asymptotic Behavior of Cosmologies with $$\Lambda >0$$ in $$2+1$$ Dimensions. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1007/s00220-020-03706-3.
Creminelli, Paolo, Senatore, Leonardo, & Vasy, András. Asymptotic Behavior of Cosmologies with $$\Lambda >0$$ in $$2+1$$ Dimensions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-020-03706-3
Creminelli, Paolo, Senatore, Leonardo, and Vasy, András. Wed . "Asymptotic Behavior of Cosmologies with $$\Lambda >0$$ in $$2+1$$ Dimensions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-020-03706-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1638080.
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title = {Asymptotic Behavior of Cosmologies with $$\Lambda >0$$ in $$2+1$$ Dimensions},
author = {Creminelli, Paolo and Senatore, Leonardo and Vasy, András},
abstractNote = {We study, using mean curvature flow methods, 2+1 dimensional cosmologies with a positive cosmological constant and matter satisfying the dominant and the strong energy conditions. If the spatial slices are compact with non-positive Euler characteristic and are initially expanding everywhere, then we prove that the spatial slices reach infinite volume, asymptotically converge on average to de Sitter and they become, almost everywhere, physically indistinguishable from de Sitter. This holds true notwithstanding the presence of initial arbitrarily-large density fluctuations and the formation of black holes.},
doi = {10.1007/s00220-020-03706-3},
journal = {Communications in Mathematical Physics},
number = 2,
volume = 376,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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