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Regularity of initial data in dynamical massless scalar field models

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-09-07 v1

Abstract

We discuss here the issue of regularity of initial data for dynamical spherically symmetric massless scalar field models in a spacetime. Generalizing the known solutions of Einstein equations given in this case by Wyman and Roberts, we examine the issue of regularity on a given spacelike surface, especially when the gradient of the field is spacelike. In particular, we isolate the class of models which would have necessarily a singularity at the center, and therefore these would be unsuitable for studying either gravitational collapse or dynamical evolutions in cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.1009.1096,
  title  = {Regularity of initial data in dynamical massless scalar field models},
  author = {Swastik Bhattacharya and Pankaj S. Joshi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1096},
  year   = {2010}
}

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5 pages, No figures

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