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Stability of naked singularities and algebraically special modes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-11 v2 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that algebraically special modes lead to the instability of naked singularity spacetimes with negative mass. Four-dimensional negative-mass Schwarzschild and Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetimes are unstable. Stability of the Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter spacetime depends on boundary conditions. We briefly discuss the generalization of these results to charged and rotating singularities.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0604101,
  title  = {Stability of naked singularities and algebraically special modes},
  author = {Vitor Cardoso and Marco Cavaglia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0604101},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages. ReVTeX4. v2: Minor improvements and extended discussion on boundary conditions. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D