Horizons vs. singularities in spherically symmetric space-times

Details Horizons vs. singularities in spherically symmetric space-times Horizons vs. singularities in spherically symmetric space-times

2008-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1095v2

Phys.Rev.D78:064049,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

22 pages, 1 figure. Some comments added, misprints corrected. Final version appearing in PRD

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.78.064049

We discuss different kinds of Killing horizons possible in static, spherically symmetric configurations and recently classified as "usual", "naked" and "truly naked" ones depending on the near-horizon behavior of transverse tidal forces acting on an extended body. We obtain necessary conditions for the metric to be extensible beyond a horizon in terms of an arbitrary radial coordinate and show that all truly naked horizons, as well as many of those previously characterized as naked and even usual ones, do not admit an extension and therefore must be considered as singularities. Some examples are given, showing which kinds of matter are able to create specific space-times with different kinds of horizons, including truly naked ones. Among them are fluids with negative pressure and scalar fields with a particular behavior of the potential. We also discuss horizons and singularities in Kantowski-Sachs spherically symmetric cosmologies and present horizon regularity conditions in terms of an arbitrary time coordinate and proper (synchronous) time. It turns out that horizons of orders 2 and higher occur in infinite proper times in the past or future, but one-way communication with regions beyond such horizons is still possible.

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