The formation of black holes in nonspherical collapse and cosmic censorship
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 64 (2) , 120-127
- https://doi.org/10.1139/p86-018
Abstract
Circumstantial evidence favouring the broad conjecture that event horizons always form in gravitational collapse is summarized along with the mounting counterevidence to a more restrictive cosmic censorship principle, which would compel every singularity formed in the collapse to be enclosed within a horizon. A confinement theorem is presented, stating that a closed, initially-trapped 2-surface of fixed area that remains regular will act as a wall that permanently seals off its interior contents from causal influence on the environment.Keywords
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