First Order Phase Transitions in Gravitational Collapse
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-11-19 v1
Abstract
In recent numerical simulations of spherically symmetric gravitational collapse a new type of critical behaviour, dominated by a sphaleron solution, has been found. In contrast to the previously studied models, in this case there is a finite gap in the spectrum of black-hole masses which is reminiscent of a first order phase transition. We briefly summarize the essential features of this phase transition and describe the basic heuristic picture underlying the numerical phenomenology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9802002,
title = {First Order Phase Transitions in Gravitational Collapse},
author = {P. Bizoń and T. Chmaj},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9802002},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
11 pages, Revtex, to appear in the Proceedings of Gauge Theories of Gravity (Jadwisin, 1997), special volume of Acta Physica Polonica B in honour of Professor Andrzej Trautman