Geometrical and topological properties of horizons in General Relativity

• Grant number: 16/09570-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: August 01, 2016
• End date: January 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Geometry and Topology
• Principal Investigator: Alberto Vazquez Saa
• Grantee: Vladmir Sicca Gonçalves
• Supervisor: Ettore Minguzzi
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica (IMECC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/21302-8 - Event horizons and naked singularities: mathematical classification and physical properties, BP.MS

Abstract

Horizons are essential specialized surfaces for the causal characterization of spacetimes in General Relativity. This project consists in a study on the possible geometric and topological classification of horizons, aiming a better understanding of their roles in the Physics and Mathematics of spacetime.