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Gravitational collapse of K-essence Matter in Painlev\'{e}-Gullstrand coordinates

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-05-15 v1

Abstract

We conduct numerical simulations in Painlev\'{e}-Gullstrand coordinates of a variety of K-essence-type scalar fields under spherically symmetric gravitational collapse. We write down generic conditions on the K-essence lagrangian that can be used to determine whether superluminality and Cauchy breakdown are possible. Consistent with these conditions, for specific choices of K-essence-type fields we verify the presence of superluminality during collapse, while for other type we do not. We also demonstrate that certain choices of K-essence scalar fields present issues under gravitational collapse in Painlev\'{e}-Gullstrand coordinates, such as a breakdown of the Cauchy problem.

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@article{arxiv.1106.2054,
  title  = {Gravitational collapse of K-essence Matter in Painlev\'{e}-Gullstrand coordinates},
  author = {C. Danielle Leonard and Jonathan Ziprick and Gabor Kunstatter and Robert B. Mann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.2054},
  year   = {2012}
}

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14 pages, 8 figures