Jun 25, 1999
Strength of the Null Singularity inside Black Holes
Lior Burko, (Cal Tech)
We study analytically the Cauchy horizon singularity inside
spherically-symmetric
charged black holes, coupled to a spherical self-gravitating, minimally-coupled,
massless scalar field. We show that all causal geodesics terminate at the Cauchy
horizon at a null singularity, which is weak according to the Tipler
classification.
Our results are valid at arbitrary points along the null singularity, in
particular
at late retarded times, when non-linear effects are crucial.
More details can be found at
gr-qc/9907061
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