Colliding Branes and Formation of Spacetime Singularities
arXiv:0704.1311 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.01.058
Abstract
We construct a class of analytic solutions with two free parameters to the five-dimensional Einstein field equations, which represents the collision of two timelike 3-branes. We study the local and global properties of the spacetime, and find that spacelike singularities generically develop after the collision, due to the mutual focus of the two branes. Non-singular spacetime can be constructed only in the case where both of the two branes violate the energy conditions.
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