Magnetic tension and gravitational collapse

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/13/002zbMATH Open1096.83048arXivgr-qc/0311085OpenAlexW3106254717MaRDI QIDQ5481124FDOQ5481124

Christos G. Tsagas

Publication date: 7 August 2006

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The gravitational collapse of a magnetised medium is investigated by studying qualitatively the convergence of a timelike family of non-geodesic worldlines in the presence of a magnetic field. Focusing on the field's tension we illustrate how the winding of the magnetic forcelines due to the fluid's rotation assists the collapse, while shear-like distortions in the distribution of the field's gradients resist contraction. We also show that the relativistic coupling between magnetism and geometry, together with the tension properties of the field, lead to a magneto-curvature stress that opposes the collapse. This tension stress grows stronger with increasing curvature distortion, which means that it could potentially dominate over the gravitational pull of the matter. If this happens, a converging family of non-geodesic lines can be prevented from focusing without violating the standard energy conditions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311085

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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