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Numerical simulation of a possible counterexample to cosmic censorship

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-10 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A numerical simulation is presented here of the evolution of initial data of the kind that was conjectured by Hertog, Horowitz and Maeda to be a violation of cosmic censorship. That initial data is essentially a thick domain wall connecting two regions of anti-deSitter space. The initial data has a free parameter that is the initial size of the wall. The simulation shows no violation of cosmic censorship, but rather the formation of a small black hole. The simulation described here is for a moderate wall size and leaves open the possibility that cosmic censorship might be violated for larger walls.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0403078,
  title  = {Numerical simulation of a possible counterexample to cosmic censorship},
  author = {David Garfinkle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0403078},
  year   = {2009}
}

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discussion clarified