Cosmic Censorship and parametrized spinning black-hole geometries
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