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We consider the problem of critical gravitational collapse of a scalar field in 2+1 dimensions with spherical (circular) symmetry. After surveying all the analytic, continuously self-similar solutions and considering their global structure,…

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We show that the Wyman's solution may be obtained from the four-dimensional Einstein's equations for a spherically symmetric, minimally coupled, massless scalar field by using the continuous self-similarity of those equations. The Wyman's…

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Frequently in Physics, insights and conclusions can be drawn from simple, idealized models. The discovery of critical behavior in the gravitational collapse of a massless scalar field leads to the simulation of binary black holes, from its…

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We report a new critical solution found at the threshold of axisymmetric gravitational collapse of a complex scalar field with angular momentum. To carry angular momentum the scalar field cannot be axisymmetric; however, its azimuthal…

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We investigate the spherically-symmetric gravitational collapse of a massless scalar field in the framework of a type-II minimally modified gravity theory called VCDM. This theory propagates only two local physical degrees of freedom…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-08 Atabak Fathe Jalali , Paul Martens , Shinji Mukohyama

We study the static, spherically symmetric black hole solutions for a non-minimally coupled multi-scalar theory. We find numerical solutions for values of the scalar fields when a certain constraint on the maximal charge is satisfied.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Ben M. Leith , Alex B. Nielsen

The singularitiy inside a spherical charged black hole, coupled to a spherical, massless scalar field is studied numerically. The profile of the characteristic scalar field was taken to be a power of advanced time with an exponent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Lior M. Burko

We explore a collapsing cosmology driven by a scalar field which is minimally coupled to gravity in a spatially at and spherically symmetric, isotropic and homogeneous space-time, with a variable timescale that avoids the final singularity.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-07 Jaime M. Hernandez , Mauricio Bellini , Claudia Moreno

We study spherical scalar collapse toward a black hole formation and examine the asymptotic dynamics near the central singularity of the formed black hole. It is found that, in the vicinity of the singularity, due to the strong backreaction…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-30 Jun-Qi Guo , Pankaj S. Joshi , Jose T. Galvez Ghersi

We investigate conformally coupled quantum matter fields on spherically symmetric, continuously self-similar backgrounds. By exploiting the symmetry associated with the self-similarity the general structure of the renormalized quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Patrick R Brady , Adrian C Ottewill

We give an exact spherically symmetric solution for the Einstein-scalar field system. The solution may be interpreted as an inhomogeneous dynamical scalar field cosmology. The spacetime has a timelike conformal Killing vector field and is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 Viqar Husain , Erik A. Martinez , Dario Nunez

Plane symmetric self-similar solutions to Einstein's four-dimensional theory of gravity are studied and all such solutions are given analytically in closed form. The local and global properties of these solutions are investigated and it is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-07 Anzhong Wang , Yumei Wu , Zhong Chao Wu

We investigate the threshold of collapse of a massless complex scalar field in axisymmetric spacetimes under the ansatz of Choptuik et al. 2004, in which a symmetry depending on the azimuthal parameter $m$ is imposed on the scalar field.…

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An electrically charged black hole solution with scalar hair in four dimensions is presented. The self-interacting scalar field is real and it is minimally coupled to gravity and electromagnetism. The event horizon is a surface of negative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Cristian Martinez , Ricardo Troncoso

An axisymmetric collapse of non-rotating gravitational waves is numerically investigated in the subcritical regime where no black holes form but where curvature attains a maximum and decreases, following the dispersion of the initial wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-17 Evgeny Sorkin

We study the spherically symmetric collapse of the axion/dilaton system coupled to gravity. We show numerically that the critical solution at the threshold of black hole formation is continuously self-similar. Numerical and analytical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Rufus S. Hamade , James H. Horne , John M. Stewart

We investigate the late-time tails of self-interacting (massive) scalar fields in the spacetime of dilaton black hole. Following the no hair theorem we examine the mechanism by which self-interacting scalar hair decay. We revealed that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Moderski , M. Rogatko

Continuously self-similar solution of spherically symmetric gravitational collapse of a scalar field is studied to investigate quantum mechanical black hole formation by tunneling in the subcritical case where, classically, the collapse…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Dongsu Bak , Sang Pyo kim , Sung Ku Kim , Kwang-Sup Soh , Jae Hyung Yee

Recently, spontaneous scalarization of charged black holes has attracted a great deal of attention and motivated several studies of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar models. These studies have, however, only considered a massless and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-09 Pedro G. S. Fernandes

In recent years the threshold of black hole formation in spherically symmetric gravitational collapse has been studied for a variety of matter models. In this paper the corresponding issue is investigated for a matter model significantly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-25 Gerhard Rein , Alan D. Rendall , Jack Schaeffer