Gravitational Collapse and Cosmic Censorship

TL;DR

This paper provides an elementary overview of gravitational collapse outcomes in classical general relativity, focusing on black hole and naked singularity formation and their implications for cosmic censorship.

Contribution

It offers a simplified discussion of collapse models and explores potential implications for the cosmic censorship hypothesis.

Findings

Black holes can form from gravitational collapse.

Naked singularities may occur under certain conditions.

Implications for cosmic censorship are discussed.

Abstract

This article gives an elementary overview of the end-state of gravitational collapse according to classical general relativity. The focus of discussion is the formation of black holes and naked singularities in various physically reasonable models of gravitational collapse. Possible implications for the cosmic censorship hypothesis are outlined.