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The 2m <= r property of spherically symmetric static spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We prove that all spherically symmetric static spacetimes which are both regular at r=0 and satisfying the single energy condition rho + p_r + p_t >= 0 cannot contain any black hole region (equivalently, they must satisfy 2m/r <= 1 everywhere). This result holds even when the spacetime is allowed to contain a finite number of matching hypersurfaces. This theorem generalizes a result by Baumgarte and Rendall when the matter contents of the space-time is a perfect fluid and also complements their results in the general non-isotropic case.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0202003,
  title  = {The 2m <= r property of spherically symmetric static spacetimes},
  author = {Marc Mars and M. M. Martin-Prats and Jose M. M. Senovilla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0202003},
  year   = {2009}
}

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