Spherical trapped-surface conjecture for charged gravitational collapse

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Let Q+\mathcal{Q}^+ be the quotient of the maximal future development, J−(I+)J^-(\mathcal{I}^+) the causal past of future null infinity, A\mathcal{A} the apparent horizon, and bΓb_{\Gamma} the relevant endpoint on the center. Spherical trapped-surface conjecture. Among admissible one-ended data, there exists a generic subclass such that, if

Q+∩J−(I+)≠∅,\mathcal{Q}^+\cap J^-(\mathcal{I}^+)\neq\emptyset,

then A\mathcal{A} has a limit point on bΓb_{\Gamma}; in that case,

SΓ1=CHΓ=SΓ2=∅.\mathcal{S}_{\Gamma}^{1}=\mathcal{CH}_{\Gamma}=\mathcal{S}_{\Gamma}^{2}=\emptyset.

This is presented as a charged analogue of Christodoulou’s trapped-surface result and as a statement implying Weak Cosmic Censorship; it remains open in the general charged setting.

References

Primary source

Maxime Van de Moortel, “Mass inflation and the C^2-inextendibility of spherically symmetric charged scalar field dynamical black holes”, arXiv:2001.11156 (2020).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2020). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1912.10890, arXiv:1107.0949.

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