The cosmic censorship conjecture in a higher dimensional spacetime with an interacting vacuum energy

TL;DR

This paper investigates how vacuum energy and extra spatial dimensions influence gravitational collapse and the validity of the cosmic censorship conjecture in higher-dimensional spacetimes.

Contribution

It introduces a model analyzing the impact of vacuum energy and dimensionality on stellar collapse and black hole formation, extending previous studies to higher dimensions.

Findings

Vacuum energy significantly affects collapse dynamics.

Number of dimensions alters black hole mass and horizon formation.

Vacuum energy and dimensions are crucial in cosmic censorship validity.

Abstract

Presently, the inclusion of the vacuum energy in the energy momentum tensor, and the inclusion of the extra dimensions in the spacetime, can not be rule out of the research in gravitation. In this work we study the influence of the vacuum energy in the collapse process of a stellar fluid, and consequently for the cosmic censorship conjecture, considering a homogeneous and isotropic spacetime with arbitrary number of dimensions. We discuss the active gravitational mass of the black hole formed, where the vacuum energy and the number of dimensions has a crucial role in the process.