Mass Quadrupole as a Source of Naked Singularities
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-05-20 v1
Abstract
We investigate the gravitational field of a static mass with quadrupole moment in empty space. It is shown that in general this configuration is characterized by the presence of curvature singularities without a surrounding event horizon. These naked singularities generate an effective field of repulsive gravity which, in turn, drastically changes the behavior of test particles. As a possible consequence, the accretion disk around a naked singularity presents a particular discontinuous structure.
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@article{arxiv.1012.4030,
title = {Mass Quadrupole as a Source of Naked Singularities},
author = {Hernando Quevedo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4030},
year = {2015}
}