1204.4499 (Néstor Ortiz et al.)

Conformal diagrams for the gravitational collapse of a spherically
symmetric dust cloud    [PDF]

Néstor Ortiz, Olivier Sarbach

We present an algorithm for the construction of conformal coordinates in the interior of a spherically symmetric, collapsing matter cloud in general relativity. This algorithm is based on the numerical integration of radial null geodesics. As an application we generate conformal diagrams for collapsing spherical dust clouds and analyze the causal structure of the resulting spacetimes.

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