Strong curvature singularities in quasi-spherical asymptotically de Sitterdust collapse

Authors
Citation
Smcv. Goncalves, Strong curvature singularities in quasi-spherical asymptotically de Sitterdust collapse, CLASS QUANT, 18(21), 2001, pp. 4517-4530
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
21
Year of publication
2001
Pages
4517 - 4530
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(20011107)18:21<4517:SCSIQA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We study the occurrence, visibility, and curvature strength of singularitie s in dust-containing Szekeres spacetimes (which possess no Killing vectors) with a positive cosmological constant. We find that such singularities can be locally naked, Tipler strong and develop from a non-zero-measure set of regular initial data. When examined along timelike geodesics, the singular ity's curvature strength is found to be independent of the initial data.