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Phys. Rev. D 69, 043502 (2004) [19 pages]

Formation of a galaxy with a central black hole in the Lemaître-Tolman model

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Andrzej Krasiński*
N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka 18, 00 716 Warszawa, Poland

Charles Hellaby
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

Received 25 September 2003; published 17 February 2004

We construct two models of the formation of a galaxy with a central black hole, starting from a small initial fluctuation at recombination. This is an application of previously developed methods to find a Lemaître-Tolman model that evolves from a given initial density or velocity profile to a given final density profile. We show that the black hole itself could be either a collapsed object, or a nonvacuum generalization of a full Schwarzschild-Kruskal-Szekeres wormhole. Particular attention is paid to the black hole’s apparent and event horizons.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.043502
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.69.043502
PACS:
98.80.-k, 98.62.Ai, 98.62.Js

*Electronic address: akr@camk.edu.pl

Electronic address: cwh@maths.uct.ac.za