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