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Shockwaves Could Crinkle Space-Time Creating A New Kind Of Singularity
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 77735" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #80ff00"><em><a href="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/shockwavespacetime.php" target="_blank"><strong>Shockwaves Could Crinkle Space-Time Creating A New Kind Of Singularity</strong></a></em></span></span></p><p>17 July, 2012</p><p></p><p><strong>MessageToEagle.com</strong> - Mathematicians have discovered a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time, at least in theory.</p><p></p><p>"We show that space-time cannot be locally flat at a point where two shock waves collide," said Blake Temple, professor of mathematics at UC Davis.</p><p></p><p>"This is a new kind of singularity in general relativity."</p><p></p><p>The results are reported in two papers by Temple with graduate students Moritz Reintjes and Zeke Vogler, respectively, both published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A.</p><p></p><p>Einstein's theory of general relativity explains gravity as a curvature in space-time. But the theory starts from the assumption that any local patch of space-time looks flat, Temple said.</p><p></p><p>A singularity is a patch of space-time that cannot be made to look flat in any coordinate system, Temple said. One example of a singularity is inside a black hole, where the curvature of space becomes extreme.</p><p></p><p>Temple and his collaborators study the mathematics of how shockwaves in a perfect fluid can affect the curvature of space-time in general relativity.</p><p></p><p>In earlier work, Temple and collaborator Joel Smoller, the Lamberto Cesari professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, produced a model for the biggest shockwave of all, created from the Big Bang when the universe burst into existence.</p><p></p><p>A shockwave creates an abrupt change, or discontinuity, in the pressure and density of a fluid, and this creates a jump in the curvature.</p><p>But it has been known since the 1960s that the jump in curvature created by a single shock wave is not enough to rule out the locally flat nature of space-time.</p><p></p><p>Vogler's doctoral work used mathematics to simulate two shockwaves colliding, while Reintjes followed up with an analysis of the equations that describe what happens when shockwaves cross.</p><p></p><p>He found this created a new type of singularity, which he dubbed a "regularity singularity."</p><p></p><p>What is surprising is that something as mild as interacting waves could create something as extreme as a space-time singularity, Temple said.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/spacetimeshockwave.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em>Illustration of twisted space-time around Earth. Image credit: NASA </em></p><p></p><p>Temple and his colleagues are investigating whether the steep gradients in the space-time fabric at a regularity singularity could create any effects that are measurable in the real world.</p><p></p><p>For example, they wonder whether they might produce gravity waves, Temple said. General relativity predicts that these are produced, for example, by the collision of massive objects like black holes, but they have not yet been observed in nature. Regularity singularities could also be formed within stars as shockwaves pass within them, the researchers theorize.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 77735, member: 13"] [SIZE=7][COLOR=#80ff00][I][URL='http://www.messagetoeagle.com/shockwavespacetime.php'][B]Shockwaves Could Crinkle Space-Time Creating A New Kind Of Singularity[/B][/URL][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] 17 July, 2012 [B]MessageToEagle.com[/B] - Mathematicians have discovered a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time, at least in theory. "We show that space-time cannot be locally flat at a point where two shock waves collide," said Blake Temple, professor of mathematics at UC Davis. "This is a new kind of singularity in general relativity." The results are reported in two papers by Temple with graduate students Moritz Reintjes and Zeke Vogler, respectively, both published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A. Einstein's theory of general relativity explains gravity as a curvature in space-time. But the theory starts from the assumption that any local patch of space-time looks flat, Temple said. A singularity is a patch of space-time that cannot be made to look flat in any coordinate system, Temple said. One example of a singularity is inside a black hole, where the curvature of space becomes extreme. Temple and his collaborators study the mathematics of how shockwaves in a perfect fluid can affect the curvature of space-time in general relativity. In earlier work, Temple and collaborator Joel Smoller, the Lamberto Cesari professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, produced a model for the biggest shockwave of all, created from the Big Bang when the universe burst into existence. A shockwave creates an abrupt change, or discontinuity, in the pressure and density of a fluid, and this creates a jump in the curvature. But it has been known since the 1960s that the jump in curvature created by a single shock wave is not enough to rule out the locally flat nature of space-time. Vogler's doctoral work used mathematics to simulate two shockwaves colliding, while Reintjes followed up with an analysis of the equations that describe what happens when shockwaves cross. He found this created a new type of singularity, which he dubbed a "regularity singularity." What is surprising is that something as mild as interacting waves could create something as extreme as a space-time singularity, Temple said. [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/spacetimeshockwave.jpg[/IMG] [I]Illustration of twisted space-time around Earth. Image credit: NASA [/I] Temple and his colleagues are investigating whether the steep gradients in the space-time fabric at a regularity singularity could create any effects that are measurable in the real world. For example, they wonder whether they might produce gravity waves, Temple said. General relativity predicts that these are produced, for example, by the collision of massive objects like black holes, but they have not yet been observed in nature. Regularity singularities could also be formed within stars as shockwaves pass within them, the researchers theorize. [/QUOTE]
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