https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09244-z
Letter
On the existence of marginally trapped tubes in spacetimes with local rotational symmetry
Cosmology and Gravity Group, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, 7701, Rondebosch, South Africa
Received:
6
February
2021
Accepted:
15
May
2021
Published online:
22
May
2021
Let M be a locally rotationally symmetric spacetime with at least one of the rotation or spatial twist being non-zero. It is proved that M cannot admit a non-minimal marginally trapped tube of the form .
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