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Collisions in piecewise flat gravity in 3+1 dimensions

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arxiv 1002.3708 v1 pith:Q6NGOAIG submitted 2010-02-19 gr-qc

Collisions in piecewise flat gravity in 3+1 dimensions

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We consider the (3+1)-dimensional locally finite gravity model proposed by 't Hooft. In particular we revisit the problem of resolving collisions of string defects. We provide a new geometric description of the configurations of strings using piecewise flat manifolds, and use it to resolve a more general class of collisions. We argue that beyond certain bounds for the deficiency/surplus angles no resolutions may be found that satisfy the imposed causality conditions.

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