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Do Black Holes Form?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-09-06 v2

Abstract

We argue that the collapse of a non-rotating object into a black hole has not been proved to be dynamically stable. There are unstable modes and one should explore whether they may be excited. This paper is withdrawn for revisions and clarification

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9212034,
  title  = {Do Black Holes Form?},
  author = {Richard Gass and Louis Witten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9212034},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

10 pages. This paper is withdrawn for revisions and clarification