Gott time machines, BTZ black hole formation, and Choptuik scaling

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作者
Birmingham, D [1 ]
Sen, S
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[1] Natl Univ Ireland Univ Coll Dublin, Dept Math Phys, Dublin 4, Ireland
[2] Univ Dublin Trinity Coll, Sch Math, Dublin 2, Ireland
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1074
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We study the formation of Banados-Teitelboim-Zanelli black holes by the collision of point particles. It is shown that the Gott time machine, originally constructed for the case of vanishing cosmological constant, provides a precise mechanism for black hole formation. As a result, one obtains an exact analytic understanding of the Choptuik scaling.
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页码:1074 / 1077
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