Black hole regions containing no trapped surfaces

Abstract

A simple criterion is given to rule out the existence of closed trapped surfaces in large open regions inside black holes.

Shorter, self contained proof to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity

References in corpus (4)

• Local existence of dynamical and trapping horizons
• Singularity theorems based on trapped submanifolds of arbitrary co-dimension
• A Note on trapped Surfaces in the Vaidya Solution
• Ultimate fate of apparent horizons during a binary black hole merger II: Horizons weaving back and forth in time

Cited by in corpus (3)

• Tipler Naked Singularities in $N$ Dimensions
• Magnetized dynamical black holes
• Dynamical axisymmetric compact objects in General Relativity