Critical collapse of an axisymmetric ultrarelativistic fluid in 2+1 dimensions

Aug 8, 2021
14 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 104 (2021) 10, 104017
  • Published: Nov 5, 2021
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Abstract: (APS)
We carry out numerical simulations of the gravitational collapse of a rotating perfect fluid with the ultrarelativistic equation of state P=κρ, in axisymmetry in 2+1 spacetime dimensions with Λ<0. We show that for κ0.42, the critical phenomena are type I, and the critical solution is stationary. The picture for κ0.43 is more delicate: for small angular momenta, we find type II phenomena, and the critical solution is quasistationary, contracting adiabatically. The spin-to-mass ratio of the critical solution increases as it contracts, and hence, so does that of the black hole created at the end as we fine-tune to the black-hole threshold. Forming extremal black holes is avoided because the contraction of the critical solution smoothly ends as extremality is approached.
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  • 14 pages, 8 figures. Typos corrected. This version has been accepted by PRD