Gravitational collapse of massless scalar field and cosmic censorship

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Authors

Dalia S. Goldwirth · Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tsvi Piran · Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Abstract

We present a numerical study of the gravitational collapse of a massless scalar field. We calculate the future evolution of new initial data, suggested by Christodoulou, and we show that in spite of the original expectations these data lead only to singularities engulfed by an event horizon.

Topics & Keywords

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Peace, Justice and strong institutions

Publication Details

Published in: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

Volume 36, Issue 12, pp. 3575-3581

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.36.3575

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