Timelike naked singularity
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005 (India)
- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (United States)
We construct a class of spherically symmetric collapse models in which a naked singularity may develop as the end state of collapse. The matter distribution considered has negative radial and tangential pressures, but the weak energy condition is obeyed throughout. The singularity forms at the center of the collapsing cloud and continues to be visible for a finite time. The duration of visibility depends on the nature of energy distribution. Hence the causal structure of the resulting singularity depends on the nature of the mass function chosen for the cloud. We present a general model in which the naked singularity formed is timelike, neither pointlike nor null. Our work represents a step toward clarifying the necessary conditions for the validity of the Cosmic Censorship Conjecture.
- OSTI ID:
- 20705508
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 70, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.084038; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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