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Veiled singularities for the spherically symmetric massless Einstein-Vlasov system

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-03-28 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

This paper continues the investigation of the formation of naked singularities in the collapse of collisionless matter initiated in [RV]. There the existence of certain classes of non-smooth solutions of the Einstein-Vlasov system was proved. Those solutions are self-similar and hence not asymptotically flat. To obtain solutions which are more physically relevant it makes sense to attempt to cut off these solutions in a suitable way so as to make them asymptotically flat. This task, which turns out to be technically challenging, will be carried out in this paper. [RV] A. D. Rendall and J. J. L. Vel\'{a}zquez, A class of dust-like self-similar solutions of the massless Einstein-Vlasov system. Annales Henri Poincare 12, 919-964, (2011).

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@article{arxiv.1604.06576,
  title  = {Veiled singularities for the spherically symmetric massless Einstein-Vlasov system},
  author = {Alan D. Rendall and Juan J. L. Velázquez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.06576},
  year   = {2018}
}

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67 pages, 1 figure

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