UNIVERSAL SCALING AND ECHOING IN THE GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF A COMPLEX SCALAR FIELD

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HIRSCHMANN, EW [1 ]
EARDLEY, DM [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, INST THEORET PHYS, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevD.51.4198
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P1 [天文学];
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This paper studies the gravitational collapse of a complex scalar field at the threshold for black hole formation, assuming that the collapse is spherically symmetric and continuously self-similar. A new solution of the coupled Einstein-scalar field equations is derived, after a small amount of numerical work with ordinary differential equations. The universal scaling and echoing behavior discovered by Choptuik in spherically symmetrical gravitational collapse appears in a somewhat different form. The properties of the end state of the collapse are derived: The collapse leaves behind an irregular outgoing pulse of scalar radiation, with an approximately flat spacetime within it. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:4198 / 4207
页数:10
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