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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