Gowdy phenomenology in scale-invariant variables

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/3/003

Gowdy phenomenology in scale-invariant variables

Lars Andersson et al 2004 Class. Quantum Grav. 21 S29-S57 doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/3/003

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Lars Andersson¹, Henk van Elst² and Claes Uggla³
¹ Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
² Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
³ Department of Physics, University of Karlstad, S-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden
E-mail: larsa@math.miami.edu, H.van.Elst@qmul.ac.uk and Claes.Uggla@kau.se

Abstract. The dynamics of Gowdy vacuum spacetimes is considered in terms of Hubble-normalized scale-invariant variables, using the timelike area temporal gauge. The resulting state space formulation provides for a simple mechanism for the formation of 'false' and 'true spikes' in the approach to the singularity, and a geometrical formulation for the local attractor.

PACS numbers: 04.20.−q, 04.20.Dw, 04.20.Ha, 04.25.D-, 98.80.Jk

Print publication: Issue 3 (7 February 2004)
Received 30 October 2003
Published 31 December 2003

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