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Cosmic Censorship Conjecture revisited: Covariantly

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-07-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this paper we study the dynamics of the trapped region using a frame independent semi-tetrad covariant formalism for general Locally Rotationally Symmetric (LRS) class II spacetimes. We covariantly prove some important geometrical results for the apparent horizon, and state the necessary and sufficient conditions for a singularity to be locally naked. These conditions bring out, for the first time in a quantitative and transparent manner, the importance of the Weyl curvature in deforming and delaying the trapped region during continual gravitational collapse, making the central singularity locally visible.

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@article{arxiv.1402.4355,
  title  = {Cosmic Censorship Conjecture revisited: Covariantly},
  author = {Aymen I. M. Hamid and Rituparno Goswami and Sunil D. Maharaj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.4355},
  year   = {2014}
}

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