We study the location of marginally trapped surfaces in spacetimes resulting from an axial deformation of static isotropic systems, and show that the Misner–Sharp mass evaluated on the corresponding undeformed… Click to show full abstract
We study the location of marginally trapped surfaces in spacetimes resulting from an axial deformation of static isotropic systems, and show that the Misner–Sharp mass evaluated on the corresponding undeformed spherically symmetric space provides the correct gravitational radius to locate the spheroidal horizon.
               
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