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Formation of a Black String in a Higher Dimensional Vacuum Gravitational Collapse

Alexander Feinstein

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0606054

Abstract

We present a solution to the vacuum Einstein Equations which represents a collapse of a gravitational wave in 5 dimensions. Depending on the focal length of the wave, the collapse results, either in a black string covered by a horizon, or in a naked singularity which can be removed.

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