English

The final fate of spherical inhomogeneous dust collapse II: Initial data and causal structure of singularity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

Further to results in [9], pointing out the role of initial density and velocity distributions towards determining the final outcome of spherical dust collapse, the causal structure of singularity is examined here in terms of evolution of the apparent horizon. We also bring out several related features which throw some useful light towards understanding the nature of this singularity, including the behaviour of geodesic families coming out and some aspects related to the stability of singularity.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9604046,
  title  = {The final fate of spherical inhomogeneous dust collapse II: Initial data and causal structure of singularity},
  author = {Sanjay Jhingan and P. S. Joshi and T. P. Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9604046},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Latex file, uses epsf.sty, 15 pages and 3 eps figures. Paragraph on role of smooth functions rewritten. Four references added. To appear in Classical & Quantum Gravity