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The evolution of conifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-06-02 v1

Abstract

We simulate the gravitational dynamics of the conifold geometries (resolved and deformed) involved in the description of certain compact spacetimes. As the cycles of the conifold collapse towards a singular geometry we find that a horizon develops, shielding the external spacetime from the curvature singularity of the newly formed black hole. The structure of the black hole is examined for a range of initial conditions, and we find a candidate black-hole solution for the final state of the collapse.

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@article{arxiv.0809.1354,
  title  = {The evolution of conifolds},
  author = {Neil A. Butcher and Paul M. Saffin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.1354},
  year   = {2011}
}

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22 pages, 6 figures

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