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Physical nature of the central singularity in spherical collapse

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-08-25 v2

Abstract

We examine here the nature of the central singularity forming in the spherically symmetric collapse of a dust cloud and it is shown that this is always a strong curvature singularity where gravitational tidal forces diverge powerfully. An important consequence is that the nature of the naked singularity forming in the dust collapse turns out to be stable against the perturbations in the initial data from which the collapse commences.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9805055,
  title  = {Physical nature of the central singularity in spherical collapse},
  author = {S. S. Deshingkar and P. S. Joshi and I. H. Dwivedi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9805055},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Latex file, 11 pages, 2 figures, Updated version to match the published version in PRD