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On a weak solution of Einstein equations for expanding dust

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-11-15 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

An expanding spherically symmetric dust cloud is considered in a framework of general relativity. Initial conditions leading to a shell-crossing singularity are chosen. The way to construct a weak solution for such a case is proposed. Suggested method consists in cutting off the region containing the shell-crossing and matching the remaining parts of space-time at a thin shell. Junction conditions determine the motion of that thin shell. The singular part of dust stress-energy tensor is nontrivial only after the shell-crossing occurs. Before that the solution coincides with Lemaitre - Tolman - Bondi one. A toy model representing an underdensed region in Universe is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1104.1664,
  title  = {On a weak solution of Einstein equations for expanding dust},
  author = {Sergey Ph. Tegai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1664},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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