Examining gravitational collapse with test scalar fields
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-09-12 v2
Abstract
Numerical simulations are performed of a test scalar field in a spacetime undergoing gravitational collapse. The behavior of the scalar field near the singularity is examined and implications for generic singularities are discussed. In particular, our example is the first confirmation of the BKL conjecture for an asymptotically flat spacetime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1004.3569,
title = {Examining gravitational collapse with test scalar fields},
author = {Ryo Saotome and Ratindranath Akhoury and David Garfinkle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3569},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
10 pages, 11 figures, references added