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The Return of the Singularities: Applications of the Smeared Null Energy Condition
Ben Freivogel, Eleni-Alexandra Kontou, Dimitrios Krommydas
The classic singularity theorems of General Relativity rely on energy conditions that can be violated in semiclassical gravity. Here, we provide motivation for an energy condition…
Energy conditions allow eternal inflation
Eleni-Alexandra Kontou, Ken D. Olum
Eternal inflation requires upward fluctuations of the energy in a Hubble volume, which appear to violate the energy conditions. In particular, a scalar field in an inflating spacet…
Energy conditions in general relativity and quantum field theory
Eleni-Alexandra Kontou, Ko Sanders
This review summarizes the current status of the energy conditions in general relativity and quantum field theory. We provide a historical review and a summary of technical results…