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A note on the cylindrical collapse of counter-rotating dust

Sergio M. C. V. Goncalves, Sanjay Jhingan

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0203077

Abstract

We find analytical solutions describing the collapse of an infinitely long cylindrical shell of counter-rotating dust. We show that--for the classes of solutions discussed herein--from regular initial data a curvature singularity inevitably develops, and no apparent horizons form, thus in accord with the spirit of the hoop conjecture.

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