Inhomogeneous electromagnetic gravitational collapse
- 15 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 31 (8) , 1838-1840
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.31.1838
Abstract
The collapse of an inhomogeneous dust cloud in the presence of an electromagnetic field is investigated in detail. The possibility of a naked singularity arising is studied using some known solutions for a spherical charged inhomogeneous dust cloud. It is found that locally naked singularities may develop when the arbitrary functions in the solution are chosen in a special way, but that a global naked singularity will not form. Also the role of the electromagnetic pressure is discussed.Keywords
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