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arxiv: gr-qc/0404033 · v2 · submitted 2004-04-07 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th

Approximately self-similar critical collapse in 2+1 dimensions

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keywords constantcosmologicalfieldself-similarsolutionsbackgroundcollapsecontinuously
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Critical collapse of a self-gravitating scalar field in a (2+1)-dimensional spacetime with negative cosmological constant seems to be dominated by a continuously self-similar solution of the field equations without cosmological constant. However, previous studies of linear perturbations in this background were inconclusive. We extend the continuously self-similar solutions to solutions of the field equations with negative cosmological constant, and analyse their linear perturbations. The extended solutions are characterized by a continuous parameter. A suitable choice of this parameter seems to improve the agreement with the numerical results. We also study the dynamics of the apparent horizon in the extended background.

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