Naked singularities in higher dimensional Vaidya space-times - art. no. 047501

We investigate the end state of the gravitational collapse of a null fluid in higher-dimensional space-times. Both naked singularities and black holes are shown to be developing as the final outcome of the collapse. The naked singularity spectrum in a collapsing Vaidya region (4D) gets covered with the increase in dimensions and hence higher dimensions favor a black hole i n comparison to a naked singularity. The cosmic censorship conjecture will be fully respected for a space of infinite dimension.