Phys. Rev. D 31, 1838 - 1840 (1985)Inhomogeneous electromagnetic gravitational collapse |
J. A. Stein-Schabes
Astronomy Center, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom BN1 9QH
Received 17 August 1984
The collapse of an inhomogeneous dust cloud in the presence of an electromagnetic field is investigated in detail. The possibility of a naked singularity arising is studied using some known solutions for a spherical charged inhomogeneous dust cloud. It is found that locally naked singularities may develop when the arbitrary functions in the solution are chosen in a special way, but that a global naked singularity will not form. Also the role of the electromagnetic pressure is discussed.
©1985 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v31/p1838
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.31.1838
PACS: 04.20.Cv
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