Abstract
The strengths of shell-focusing singularities in the ingoing Vaidya spacetimes are examined in terms of limiting focusing conditions. The singularities are found to be strong-curvature singularities only for mass functions which are initially linear functions of the advanced time.
- Received 26 September 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.35.1531
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