Authors : P N Mulkalwar
Page Nos : 185-195
Description :
In the present work we examine the nature of central singularity forming in the higher dimensional spherically symmetric collapse of dust cloud and it is shown that this is always a strong naked singularity where gravitational tidal forces diverge powerfully. An important consequence is that the nature of the naked singularity forming in the dust collapse turns out to be stable against the perturbations in dimension of the spacetime. Thus we have shown that the higher dimensional gravitational collapse of dust violates the cosmic censorship conjecture.
Keywords : gravitational collapse, naked singularity , block hole , cosmic censorship hypothesis.
