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Clifton's spherical solution in f(R) vacuo harbours a naked singularity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-05-12 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Clifton's exact solution of f(R)=R^(1+\delta) gravity describing a dynamical spherical metric which is asymptotically Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker is studied. It is shown that it harbours a strong spacetime singularity and that this singularity is naked at late times.

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@article{arxiv.0909.0514,
  title  = {Clifton's spherical solution in f(R) vacuo harbours a naked singularity},
  author = {Valerio Faraoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.0514},
  year   = {2010}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure, latex. To appear in Class. Quantum Grav. List of references updated