English

Cosmic Censorship and parametrized spinning black-hole geometries

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-12-09 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

The ``cosmic censorship conjecture'' asserts that all singularities arising from gravitational collapse are hidden within black holes. We investigate this conjecture in a setup of interest for tests of General Relativity: black hole solutions which are parametrically small deviations away from the Kerr solution. These solutions have an upper bound on rotation, beyond which a naked singularity is visible to outside observers. We study whether these (generic) spacetimes can be spun-up past extremality with point particles or accretion disks. Our results show that cosmic censorship is preserved for generic parameterizations. We also present examples of special geometries which can be spun-up past extremality.

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@article{arxiv.1511.00690,
  title  = {Cosmic Censorship and parametrized spinning black-hole geometries},
  author = {Vitor Cardoso and Leonel Queimada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.00690},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

9 pages, accepted for publication as a Letter in Gen. Rel. Grav