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Phys. Rev. D 50, 4903–4913 (1994)

Cosmic hoop conjecture?

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Takeshi Chiba
Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-01, Japan

Kei-ichi Maeda
Department of Physics, Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan

Received 11 April 1994; published in the issue dated 15 October 1994

We propose a hoop conjecture in the presence of a positive cosmological constant Λ: when an apparent horizon forms in a gravitational collapse, the matter must be sufficiently compactified such that the circumference scrC satisfies the condition scrC≲4πM≲4πMcrit, where M is the Abbott-Deser mass of the collapsed body and Mcrit=1/3 √Λ . To confirm our conjecture, we investigate two cases: (1) initial data of a prolate or oblate dust spheroid, and (2) the Kastor-Traschen spacetime which describes a black hole collision with Λ. We also discuss a relation between the hoop conjecture and an appearance of a naked singularity.

© 1994 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.4903
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.50.4903
PACS:
04.20.Dw, 04.20.Cv, 97.60.Lf