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On the role of density inhomogeneity and local anisotropy in the fate of spherical collapse

arXiv:gr-qc/9711002 · doi:10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00874-8

Abstract

We obtain an expression for the active gravitational mass of a collapsing fluid distribution, which brings out the role of density inhomogeneity and local anisotropy in the fate of spherical collapse.

13 pages in Latex, to appear in Physics Letters A