Recent developments in gravitational collapse and spacetime singularities

Details Recent developments in gravitational collapse and spacetime singularities Recent developments in gravitational collapse and spacetime singularities

2012-01-17

arxiv.org/abs/1201.3660v1

Int. J. Mod. Phys. D, 20 2641 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

89 pages, 12 figures, Invited review article for Int Jour of Mod Phys D

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0218271811020792

It is now known that when a massive star collapses under the force of its own gravity, the final fate of such a continual gravitational collapse will be either a black hole or a naked singularity under a wide variety of physically reasonable circumstances within the framework of general theory of relativity. The research of recent years has provided considerable clarity and insight on stellar collapse, black holes and the nature and structure of spacetime singularities. We discuss several of these developments here. There are also important fundamental questions that remain unanswered on the final fate of collapse of a massive matter cloud in gravitation theory, especially on naked singularities which are hypothetical astrophysical objects and on the nature of cosmic censorship hypothesis. These issues have key implications for our understanding on black hole physics today, its astrophysical applications, and for certain basic questions in cosmology and possible quantum theories of gravity. We consider these issues here and summarize recent results and current progress in these directions. The emerging astrophysical and observational perspectives and implications are dicussed, with particular reference to the properties of accretion discs around black holes and naked singularities, which may provide characteristic signatures and could help distinguish these objects.

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