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Perturbations of an exact solution for (2+1) -dimensional critical collapse

Perturbations of an exact solution for (2+1) -dimensional critical collapse
Perturbations of an exact solution for (2+1) -dimensional critical collapse
We find the perturbation spectrum of a family of spherically symmetric and continuously self-similar (CSS) exact solutions that appear to be relevant for the critical collapse of scalar field matter in 2+1 spacetime dimensions. The rate of exponential growth of the unstable perturbation yields the critical exponent. Our results are compared to the numerical simulations of Pretorius and Choptuik and are inconclusive: We find a CSS solution with exactly one unstable mode, which suggests that it may be the critical solution, but another CSS solution which has three unstable modes fits the numerically found critical solution better.
1550-7998
044015-[4pp]
Garfinkle, David
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Gundlach, Carsten
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Garfinkle, David
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Gundlach, Carsten
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Garfinkle, David and Gundlach, Carsten (2002) Perturbations of an exact solution for (2+1) -dimensional critical collapse. Physical Review D, 66 (4), 044015-[4pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.66.044015).

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We find the perturbation spectrum of a family of spherically symmetric and continuously self-similar (CSS) exact solutions that appear to be relevant for the critical collapse of scalar field matter in 2+1 spacetime dimensions. The rate of exponential growth of the unstable perturbation yields the critical exponent. Our results are compared to the numerical simulations of Pretorius and Choptuik and are inconclusive: We find a CSS solution with exactly one unstable mode, which suggests that it may be the critical solution, but another CSS solution which has three unstable modes fits the numerically found critical solution better.

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Published date: 15 August 2002

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Local EPrints ID: 29190
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29190
ISSN: 1550-7998
PURE UUID: 1a2224a2-8e08-4f23-8caa-8506d5ddb8c7
ORCID for Carsten Gundlach: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9585-5375

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Date deposited: 11 May 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:15

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Author: David Garfinkle

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