TY - JOUR
T1 - Formation of naked singularities
T2 - The violation of cosmic censorship
AU - Shapiro, Stuart L.
AU - Teukolsky, Saul A.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - We use a new numerical code to evolve collisionless gas spheroids in full general relativity. In all cases the spheroids collapse to singularities. When the spheroids are sufficiently compact, the singularities are hidden inside black holes. However, when the spheriods are sufficiently large, there are no apparent horizons. These results lend support to the hoop conjecture and appear to demonstrate that naked singularities can form in asymptotically flat spacetimes.
AB - We use a new numerical code to evolve collisionless gas spheroids in full general relativity. In all cases the spheroids collapse to singularities. When the spheroids are sufficiently compact, the singularities are hidden inside black holes. However, when the spheriods are sufficiently large, there are no apparent horizons. These results lend support to the hoop conjecture and appear to demonstrate that naked singularities can form in asymptotically flat spacetimes.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.994
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.994
M3 - Article
C2 - 10043968
AN - SCOPUS:4243925805
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 66
SP - 994
EP - 997
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 8
ER -