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Singular and non-singular endstates in massless scalar field collapse

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-07-22 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We study the collapse of a massless scalar field coupled to gravity. A class of blackhole solutions are identified. We also report on a class of solutions where collapse starts from a regular spacelike surface but then the collapsing scalar field freezes. As a result, in these solutions, a black hole does not form, neither is there any singularity in the future.

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@article{arxiv.1107.4112,
  title  = {Singular and non-singular endstates in massless scalar field collapse},
  author = {Swastik Bhattacharya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.4112},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, Published in Proceedings of JGRG19 (Japan, 2009)