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Naked Singularities in Spherically Symmetric, Self-Similar Spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

We show that all known naked singularities in spherically symmetric self-similar spacetimes arise as a result of singular initial matter distribution. This is a result of the peculiarity of the coordinate transformation that takes these spacetimes into a separable form. Therefore, these examples of naked singularities are of no apparent consequence to astrophysical observations or theories.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0112064,
  title  = {Naked Singularities in Spherically Symmetric, Self-Similar Spacetimes},
  author = {Sanjay M. Wagh and Keshlan S. Govinder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0112064},
  year   = {2007}
}

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