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On the stability of naked singularities

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-07 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study the linearised stability of the nakedly singular negative mass Schwarzschild solution against gravitational perturbations. There is a one parameter family of possible boundary conditions at the singularity. We give a precise criterion for stability depending on the boundary condition. We show that one particular boundary condition is physically preferred and show that the spacetime is stable with this boundary condition.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0409307,
  title  = {On the stability of naked singularities},
  author = {Gary W. Gibbons and Sean A. Hartnoll and Akihiro Ishibashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0409307},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages. 5 figures