Non-spherical gravitational collapse of strange quark matter

Abstract

We study the non-spherical gravitational collapse of the strange quark null fluid. The interesting feature which emerges is that the non-spherical collapse of charged strange quark matter leads to a naked singularity whereas the gravitational collapse of neutral quark matter proceeds to form a black hole. In the present brief report we extend the earlier work of T.Harko and K.S.Cheng to the non-spherical case.