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Published December 15, 1995 | Version Published
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Toroidal black holes and topological censorship

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Abstract

Recent theorems regarding topological censorship are in apparent conflict with simulations of the collapse of rotating matter to form toroidal black holes. The geometry of a temporarily toroidal event horizon is analyzed and shown to be completely consistent with the theorems. A simple flat space model provides insight into the geometry of a toroidal black hole.

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© 1995 American Physical Society. (Received 21 July 1995) This research was supported by NSF Grand Challenge Grant No. PHY93-18152/ASC93-18152 (ARPA supplemented). The work was also supported by NSF Grants Nos. PHY 92-08349 to the University of Pittsburgh and AST 91-19475 and PHY 94-08378 to Cornell University, as well as by NASA Grant No. NAG-2809 to Cornell. Computing resources were made available by the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the Cornell Theory Center. We thank Ted Jacobson for interesting us in this problem.

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PHY 93-18152
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ASC 93-18152
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
NSF
PHY 92-08349
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AST 91-19475
NSF
PHY 94-08378
NASA
NAG-2809

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