CAN GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE SUSTAIN SINGULARITY-FREE TRAPPED SURFACES?

DOI10.1142/S0218271808011924zbMATH Open1155.83011arXiv0708.2360OpenAlexW3103250116MaRDI QIDQ3527372FDOQ3527372

Authors: Manasse R. Mbonye, Demos Kazanas 

Publication date: 29 September 2008

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In singularity generating spacetimes both the out-going and in-going expansions of null geodesic congruences $het{a}^{+}$ and $het{a}^{-}$ should become increasingly negative without bound, inside the horizon. This behavior leads to geodetic incompleteness which in turn predicts the existence of a singularity. In this work we inquire on whether, in gravitational collapse, spacetime can sustain singularity-free trapped surfaces, in the sense that such a spacetime remains geodetically complete. As a test case, we consider a well known solution of the Einstien Field Equations which is Schwarzschild-like at large distances and consists of a fluid with a $p=-ho$ equation of state near $r=0$. By following both the expansion parameters $het{a}^{+}$ and $het{a}^{-}$ across the horizon and into the black hole we find that both $het{a}^{+}$ and $het{a}^{+}het{a}^{-}$ have turning points inside the trapped region. Further, we find that deep inside the black hole there is a region $0leqr<r_0$ (that includes the black hole center) which is not trapped. Thus the trapped region is bounded both from outside and inside. The spacetime is geodetically complete, a result which violates a condition for singularity formation. It is inferred that in general if gravitational collapse were to proceed with a $p=-ho$ fluid formation, the resulting black hole may be singularity-free.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2360

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zbMATH Keywords

singularitiesblack hole

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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