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Cylindrically symmetric thin walls in general relativity

Mohammad Khorrami, Ramin Mansouri

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Assuming a continuous ansatz for the metric the Einstein equations for a thin wall with cylindrical symmetry are solved herein. The solution can correspond to a collapsing matter shell leading to a naked, without horizon, singularity.

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Assuming a continuous ansatz for the metric the Einstein equations for a thin wall with cylindrical symmetry are solved herein. The solution can correspond to a collapsing matter shell leading to a naked, without horizon, singularity.

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Assuming a continuous ansatz for the metric the Einstein equations for a thin wall with cylindrical symmetry are solved herein. The solution can correspond to a collapsing matter shell leading to a naked, without horizon, singularity.

Key concepts: Ansatz, General relativity, Naked singularity, Singularity, Circular symmetry, Physics, Classical mechanics, Einstein field equations

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