The critical role of shear in gravitational collapse

dc.creatorJoshi, Pankaj S.
dc.creatorGoswami, Rituparno
dc.creatorDadhich, Naresh
dc.date2003-08-06
dc.date2004-01-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:28:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:28:02Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate here how the shearing effects present within a collapsing matter cloud influence the outcome of gravitational collapse in terms of formation of either a black hole or a naked singularity as the final end state. For collapse of practically all physically reasonable matter fields, we prove that it would always end up in a black hole if it is either shear-free or has homogeneous density. Thus it follows that whenever a naked singularity forms as end product, the collapsing cloud must necessarily be shearing with inhomogeneous density. Our consideration brings out the physical forces at work which could cause a naked singularity to result as collapse end state, rather than a black hole.
dc.description4 pages, Letter, Revised version,clarity improved
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0308012
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0308012
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/34667
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleThe critical role of shear in gravitational collapse
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