Horizon (general relativity)

A horizon is a boundary in spacetime satisfying prescribed conditions.

There are several types of horizons that play a role in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity:

* Absolute horizon, a boundary in spacetime in general relativity inside of which events cannot affect an external observer
* Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect the observer, thus referring to a black hole's boundary and the boundary of an expanding universe
* Apparent horizon, a surface defined in general relativity
* Cauchy horizon, a surface found in the study of Cauchy problems
* Cosmological horizon, a limit of observability
* Killing horizon, a null surface on which there is a Killing vector field
* Particle horizon, the maximum distance from which particles can have travelled to an observer in the age of the universe

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