Critical collapse of a spherically symmetric ultrarelativistic fluid in 2+1 dimensions

Apr 24, 2021
22 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 12, 124055
  • Published: Jun 15, 2021
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Abstract: (APS)
We carry out numerical simulations of the gravitational collapse of a perfect fluid with the ultrarelativistic equation of state P=κρ, in spherical symmetry in 2+1 spacetime dimensions with Λ<0. At the threshold of prompt collapse, we find type II critical phenomena (apparent horizon mass and maximum curvature scale as powers of distance from the threshold) for κ0.43, and type I critical phenomena (lifetime scales as logarithm of distance from the threshold) for κ0.42. The type I critical solution is static, while the type II critical solution is not self-similar (as in higher dimensions), but contracting quasistatically.
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  • 22 pages, 15 figures. Typos corrected. This version has been accepted by PRD