Brown-York Mass and the Thorne Hoop Conjecture

Author(s): Niall Ó Murchadha, Roh-Suan Tung, Naqing Xie, and Edward MalecThe Thorne hoop conjecture is an attempt to make precise the notion that gravitational collapse occurs if enough energy is compressed into a small enough volume, with the “size” being defined by the circumference. We can make a precise statement of this form, in spherical symmetry, using the Bro...[Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 041101] Published Tue Jan 26, 2010