Asymptotic silence

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Asymptotic silence is a term coined by the Soviet physicists Belinskij, Chalatnikow and Evgeni Michailowitsch Lifschitz in 1982. It describes the phenomenon - theoretically predicted within the framework of the general theory of relativity - that in the vicinity of singularities , such as those that occur in a black hole or in most cosmological models, information can no longer be transmitted.

An exact analytical solution of the differential equations on which the asymptotic silence is based is not yet known (end of 2007). However, according to some researchers, numerical considerations of the problem in two dimensions seem to give indications of the nature of the predicted phenomenon.

The postulated phenomenon is not accessible for experimental investigations.

Web links

  • Stefan Maier: Total silence on the black hole. March 8, 2005, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  • Davide Castelvecchi: Quiet at the End. In: Physical Review Focus. March 3, 2005, accessed August 8, 2010 .
  • Lars Andersson, Henk van Helst, Woei Chet Lim, Claes Uggla: Asymptotic Silence of Generic Cosmological Singularities . In: Physical Review Letters . February 11, 2004, arxiv : gr-qc / 0402051 (English).