Examples of naked singularities for the Einstein-Euler system

Mahir Hadžić (University College London)

Feb 17. 2022, 16:00 — 17:00

In 1990, based on numerical and formal asymptotic analysis, Ori and Piran predicted the existence of self-similar spacetimes, called relativistic Larson-Penston solutions, that can be suitably flattened to obtain examples of spacetimes that dynamically form naked singularities from smooth initial data, and solve the radially symmetric Einstein-Euler system with sufficiently small sound speed. Despite its importance, a rigorous proof of the existence of such spacetimes has remained elusive, in part due to the complications associated with the analysis across the so-called sonic hypersurface. I will explain a rigorous mathematical construction of such spacetimes. Joint work with Yan Guo and Juhi Jang.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Mathematical Perspectives of Gravitation beyond the Vacuum Regime (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Håkan Andréasson (Chalmers U of Technology, Gothenburg)
David Fajman (U of Vienna)
Jérémie Joudioux (MPIGP, Potsdam)
Todd Oliynyk (Monash U, Melbourne)