English

Stability of Schwarzschild singularity in non-local gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-09-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In a previous work, it was shown that all Ricci-flat spacetimes are exact solutions for a large class of non-local gravitational theories. Here we prove that, for a subclass of non-local theories, the Schwarzschild singularity is stable under linear perturbations. Thus, non-locality may be not enough to cure all the singularities of general relativity. Finally, we show that the Schwarzschild solution can be generated by the gravitational collapse of a thin shell of radiation.

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@article{arxiv.1707.01119,
  title  = {Stability of Schwarzschild singularity in non-local gravity},
  author = {Gianluca Calcagni and Leonardo Modesto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.01119},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

5 pages. v2: new section on black-hole formation, minor typos corrected elsewhere, references added