Title: Naked singularities in self-similar spherical gravitational collapse
Abstract:We present general-relativistic solutions of self-similar spherical collapse of an adiabatic perfect fluid. We show that if the equation of state is soft enough (\ensuremath{\Gamma}-1\ensuremath{\ll}1...We present general-relativistic solutions of self-similar spherical collapse of an adiabatic perfect fluid. We show that if the equation of state is soft enough (\ensuremath{\Gamma}-1\ensuremath{\ll}1), a naked singularity forms. The singularity resembles the shell-focusing naked singularities that arise in dust collapse. This solution increases significantly the range of matter fields that should be ruled out in order that the cosmic-censorship hypothesis will hold.Read More
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-11-09
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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