Singularities in gravitational collapse with radial pressure

Abstract

We analyze spherical dust collapse with non-vanishing radial pressure, $\Pi$, and vanishing tangential stresses. Considering a barotropic equation of state, $\Pi =\gamma \rho$, we obtain an analytical solution in closed form---which is exact for $\gamma =-1,0$, and approximate otherwise---near the center of symmetry (where the curvature singularity forms). We study the formation, visibility, and curvature strength of singularities in the resulting spacetime. We find that visible, Tipler strong singularities can develop from generic initial data. Radial pressure alters the spectrum of possible endstates for collapse, increasing the parameter space region that contains no visible singularities, but cannot by itself prevent the formation of visible singularities for sufficiently low values of the energy density. Known results from pressureless dust are recovered in the $\gamma =0$ limit.

to appear in GRG; LaTeX, 22 pages, 2 eps figures

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