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Critical collapse of a massive vector field

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We perform numerical simulations of the critical gravitational collapse of a massive vector field. The result is that there are two critical solutions. One is equivalent to the Choptuik critical solution for a massless scalar field. The other is periodic.

Cite

@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0305014,
  title  = {Critical collapse of a massive vector field},
  author = {David Garfinkle and Robert Mann and Chris Vuille},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0305014},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures

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