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Classical Dressing of Timelike Naked Singularities

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-05-19 v1

Abstract

We investigate whether a timelike naked singularity of negative-mass Schwarzschild type can be causally dressed by a static anisotropic matter distribution in classical general relativity. Working within a spherically symmetric framework, we solve Einstein's equations for a general density profile ρ(r)\rho(r) and show that the horizon structure is governed by the auxiliary function Φ(r)=2m(r)r\Phi(r)=2m(r)-r, whose zeros determine the existence and multiplicity of horizons. We derive sufficient conditions for the formation of a unique outer event horizon in terms of the total added mass, the localization of the matter profile, and the monotonic behavior of the effective compactness function 8πr2ρ(r)8\pi r^2\rho(r). In particular, non-negative and sufficiently localized density profiles can cloak the timelike singularity when the cumulative matter contribution overcomes the negative bare mass, whereas non-monotonic profiles generically lead to multi-horizon geometries. We illustrate the formalism with discontinuous and smooth power-law profiles, logarithmic branches, and T-duality-inspired limiting configurations. These results provide a sufficient-condition framework for horizon formation around timelike naked singularities and clarify how the radial organization of matter controls causal accessibility in static general relativity.

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@article{arxiv.2605.16629,
  title  = {Classical Dressing of Timelike Naked Singularities},
  author = {Pablo León and G. Alencar and Manuel Gonzalez-Espinoza and Francisco Tello-Ortiz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.16629},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure

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