Landscape of Spacetimes
Abstract
This dissertation presents an investigation of privileged geometric surfaces in spacetimes, with a focus on two classes of extremal surfaces: marginally trapped surfaces which foliate an apparent horizon and bulge surfaces in the Python's Lunch Conjecture. These geometric objects serve as essential tools for understanding gravitational physics in the modern era of holography.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Brandeis Institutional Repository
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Thesis