"dynamical horizon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dynamical horizons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dynamical horizon (plural dynamical horizons)
  1. (theoretical physics) A mathematical concept in general relativity that describes a boundary in spacetime where the expansion of one null direction is zero and the expansion of the other null direction is negative.
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