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Dark energy from gravitational collapse? ´ L´aszl´o A. Gergely Departments of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, University of Szeged, Hungary∗ (Dated: June 19, 2006) Abstract We discuss the status of both cosmological and black hole type singularities in the framework of the brane-world model of gravity. We point out that the Big Bang is not properly understood yet. We also show new features of the gravitational collapse on the brane, the most important being the production of dark energy during the collapse. ∗Electronic address: gergely@physx.u-szeged.hu 1 Singularities, both cosmological and of black hole type, are intriguing objects predicted by general relativity. One of the most desired aims of quantum gravity is to avoid such infinities. Although interesting results stem out both from loop quantum gravity and string theory, no conclusive decision has been reached. In the absence of a final theory of quantum gravity the question arises how the recently introduced, modified, but still classical theories of gravity, motivated by string / M-theory, will tackle these topics. One of the most promising such theory is the generalized Randall-Sundrum second model, introduced in its original form in [1], in which our observable universe is a 4-dimensional hypersurface (the brane), embedded into a 5-dimensional curved space-time (the bulk). Standard model fields live on the brane, which is held together by a tension λ. A posi- tive brane tension allows to recover the Einstein-gravity on the brane, at low energies and insignificant bulk curvature. When this scenario is employed as a