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We consider the vacuum gravitational collapse for cohomogeneity-two solutions of the nine dimensional Einstein equations. Using combined numerical and analytical methods we give evidence that within this model the Schwarzschild-Tangherlini…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Bizoń , T. Chmaj , A. Rostworowski , B. G. Schmidt , Z. Tabor

Classical general relativity predicts that a contracting, spherically symmetric matter system with a large-enough mass will result in the formation of a trapped region whose outer boundary is an apparent horizon where the gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-01 Ram Brustein , A. J. M. Medved , Hagar Meir

We review here some of the major open issues and challenges in black hole physics today, and the current progress on the same. It is pointed out that to secure a concrete foundation for the basic theory as well as astrophysical applications…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-20 Pankaj S. Joshi

An intriguing open problem in general relativity is whether a stationary equilibrium configuration of multiple, physically relevant black holes can exist. In such a hypothetical setup, the gravitational attraction would need to be balanced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-15 Jörg Hennig

We show a stability result for the Schwarzschild singularity (inside the black hole region) for the Einstein vacuum equations. The result is proven in the class of polarized axial symmetry, under perturbations of the Schwarzschild data…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-07 Spyros Alexakis , Grigorios Fournodavlos

We investigate gravitational collapse of thick shell of fluid in the isotropic homogeneous universe without radiation described by the Einstein gravity with cosmological constant. We construct analytic solutions of this kind interpolating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 Shuichi Yokoyama

A class of solutions to Einstein field equations is studied, which represents gravitational collapse of thick spherical shells made of self-similar and shear-free fluid with heat flow. It is shown that such shells satisfy all the energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Chan , M. F. A. da Silva , Jaime F. Villas da Rocha

The gravitational collapse of massive stars serves to manifest the most severe deviations of general relativity with respect to Newtonian gravity: the formation of horizons and spacetime singularities. Both features have proven to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-15 Carlos Barceló , Raúl Carballo-Rubio , Luis J. Garay

The final state--black hole or naked singularity--of the gravitational collapse of a marginally bound matter configuration in the presence of tangential stresses is classified, in full generality, in terms of the initial data and equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Sergio M. C. V. Goncalves , Sanjay Jhingan , Giulio Magli

We study gravitational collapse of a spherically symmetric scalar field in Einstein-aether theory (general relativity coupled to a dynamical unit timelike vector field). The initial value formulation is developed, and numerical simulations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 David Garfinkle , Christopher Eling , Ted Jacobson

We adopt an effective action inspired by asymptotically safe gravity, in which the effective gravitational constant is parametrized as $G(\epsilon) = G_{N} /[1 + \tilde{\omega} (G_{N}^{2} \epsilon)^{\alpha}]$, where $G_{N}$ and $\epsilon$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-18 Tomohiro Harada , Chiang-Mei Chen , Rituparna Mandal

We investigate here spherically symmetric gravitational collapse in a spacetime with an arbitrary number of dimensions and with a general {\it type I} matter field, which is a broad class that includes most of the physically reasonable…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Rituparno Goswami , Pankaj S Joshi

We study geometrically thick non-self gravitating equilibrium tori orbiting a Schwarzschild black hole immersed in swirling universes. This solution is axially symmetric and non-asymptotically flat, and its north and south hemispheres spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-06 Chengjia Chen , Qiyuan Pan , Jiliang Jing

We consider gravitational collapse of a spherically symmetric sphere of a fluid with spin and torsion into a black hole. We use the Tolman metric and the Einstein$-$Cartan field equations with a relativistic spin fluid as a source. We show…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Nikodem Popławski

The analytical structure of the difference between the static vacuum solution in the nonsymmetric gravitational theory (NGT) and the Schwarzschild solution of Einstein's gravitational theory (EGT) is studied. It is proved that a smooth…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Moffat , I. Yu. Sokolov

In gravitational collapses, the horizon and singularity's realisation in the finite future of the proper time used co-moving observer happens in the future of infinitely far away future of the normal time used outside probe. To the latter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-10 Ding-fang Zeng

In singularity generating spacetimes both the out-going and in-going expansions of null geodesic congruences $\theta ^{+}$ and $\theta ^{-}$ should become increasingly negative without bound, inside the horizon. This behavior leads to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Manasse R. Mbonye , Demosthenes Kazanas

Based on a recent proposal for the gravitational entropy of free gravitational fields, we investigate the thermodynamic properties of black hole formation through gravitational collapse in the framework of the semitetrad 1+1+2 covariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-05 Giovanni Acquaviva , George F. R. Ellis , Rituparno Goswami , Aymen I. M. Hamid

Based on a recent proposal for the gravitational entropy of free gravitational fields, we investigate the thermodynamic properties of black hole formation through gravitational collapse in the framework of the semitetrad 1+1+2 covariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-11 Giovanni Acquaviva , George F. R. Ellis , Rituparno Goswami , Aymen I. M. Hamid

We study the evolution of an anisotropic shear-free fluid with heat flux and kinematic self-similarity of the second kind. We found a class of solution to the Einstein field equations by assuming that the part of the tangential pressure…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-13 R. Chan , M. F. A. da Silva , C. F. C. Brandt