TY - JOUR
T1 - The inner structure of black holes
AU - Hod, Shahar
AU - Piran, Tsvi
PY - 1998/11
Y1 - 1998/11
N2 - We study the gravitational collapse of a self-gravitating charged scalarfield. Starting with a regular spacetime, we follow the evolution through the formation of an apparent horizon, a Cauchy horizon and a final central singularity. We find a null, weak, mass-inflation singularity along the Cauchy horizon, which is a precursor of a strong, spacelike singularity along the r = 0 hypersurface. The inner black hole region is bounded (in the future) by singularities. This resembles the classical inner structure of a Schwarzschild black hole and it is remarkably different from the inner structure of a charged static Reissner-Nordström or a stationary rotating Kerr black holes.
AB - We study the gravitational collapse of a self-gravitating charged scalarfield. Starting with a regular spacetime, we follow the evolution through the formation of an apparent horizon, a Cauchy horizon and a final central singularity. We find a null, weak, mass-inflation singularity along the Cauchy horizon, which is a precursor of a strong, spacelike singularity along the r = 0 hypersurface. The inner black hole region is bounded (in the future) by singularities. This resembles the classical inner structure of a Schwarzschild black hole and it is remarkably different from the inner structure of a charged static Reissner-Nordström or a stationary rotating Kerr black holes.
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U2 - 10.1023/a:1026654519980
DO - 10.1023/a:1026654519980
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AN - SCOPUS:0032219735
SN - 0001-7701
VL - 30
SP - 1555
EP - 1562
JO - General Relativity and Gravitation
JF - General Relativity and Gravitation
IS - 11
ER -