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Hilbert’s causality principle and equations of general relativity exclude the possibility of black hole formation

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We prove that Hilbert’s causality principle and the equations of general relativity exclude the possibility that a black hole can form.

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  1. Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia

    A. A. Logunov & M. A. Mestvirishvili

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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 170, No. 3, pp. 489–496, March, 2012.

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Logunov, A.A., Mestvirishvili, M.A. Hilbert’s causality principle and equations of general relativity exclude the possibility of black hole formation. Theor Math Phys 170, 413–419 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-012-0040-7

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