Higher-dimensional inhomogeneous perfect fluid collapse in f(R) gravity

This paper is about the n + 2-dimensional gravitational contraction of an inhomogeneous fluid without heat flux in the framework of a f(R) metric theory of gravity. Matching conditions for two regions of a star are derived by using the Darmois junction conditions. For the analytic solution of the equations of motion in modified f(R) theory of gravity, we have taken the scalar curvature constant. Hence the final result of gravitational collapse in this framework is the existence of black hole and cosmological horizons, and both of these form earlier than the singularity. It is shown that a constant curvature term f(R₀) (R₀ is the constant scalar curvature) slows down the collapsing process. (orig.)