Radially homothetic spacetime is of Petrov-type D

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It is well-known \cite{mtbh} that {\em all} black hole solutions of General Relativity are of Petrov-type D. It may thus be expected that the spacetime of {\em physically realizable} spherical gravitational collapse is also of Petrov-type D. We show that a radially homothetic spacetime, {\em ie}, a spherically symmetric spacetime with hyper-surface orthogonal, radial, homothetic Killing vector, is of Petrov-type D. As has been argued in \cite{prl1}, it is a spacetime of {\em physically realizable} spherical collapse.
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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/34328

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https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0209038
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