Gravitational collapse of vacuum gravitational field configurations

DOI10.1063/1.531007MaRDI QIDQ4873323zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Douglas M. Eardley

Publication date 16 April 1996

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9411024

zbMATH Keywords

extrinsic curvatureblack hole formationexistence of an apparent horizon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: This paper proves a theorem about the existence of an apparent horizon in general relativity, which applies equally well to vacuum configurations and matter configurations. The theorem uses the reciprocal of the surface-to-volume ratio of a region on a space slice to measure the radius of the region, and uses the minimum value $K_{mmin}$ of certain components of the extrinsic curvature to measure the strengh of the gravitational field in the region. The theorem proves that, if the product of the radius times $K_{mmin}$ is larger than unity, then an apparent horizon must form, signalling the formation of a black hole.

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