scholarly journals Stability and instability of the Cauchy horizon for the spherically symmetric Einstein–Maxwell-scalar field equations

2003 ◽  
Vol 158 (3) ◽  
pp. 875-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihalis Dafermos
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Cauchy Horizon ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Stability And Instability ◽  
Scalar Field Equations

scholarly journals Structure of the charged spherical black hole interior

1995 ◽  
Vol 450 (1940) ◽  
pp. 553-567 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Approximate Analytic Solution ◽  
Massless Scalar Field ◽  
Cauchy Horizon ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Mass Inflation ◽  
Scalar Field Equations

The internal structure of a charged spherical black hole is still a topic of debate. In a non-rotating but aspherical gravitational collapse to form a spherical charged black hole, the backscattered gravitational wave tails enter the black hole and are blueshifted at the Cauchy horizon. This has a catastrophic effect if combined with an outflux crossing the Cauchy horizon: a singularity develops at the Cauchy horizon and the effective mass inflates. Recently, a numerical study of a massless scalar field in the Reissner-Nordström background suggested that a spacelike singularity may form before the Cauchy horizon forms. We will show that there exists an approximate analytic solution of the scalar-field equations which allows the mass-inflation singularity at the Cauchy horizon to exist. In particular, we see no evidence that the Cauchy horizon is preceded by a spacelike singularity.

scholarly journals PERTURBED SELF-SIMILAR MASSLESS SCALAR FIELD IN SPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC SPACE–TIMES

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (25) ◽  
pp. 4695-4708
Author(s):  
M. SHARIF
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Symmetric Space ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Massless Scalar Field ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Self Similarity ◽  
Linear Perturbations ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Scalar Field Equations

In this paper, we investigate the linear perturbations of the spherically symmetric space–times with kinematic self-similarity of the second kind. The massless scalar field equations are solved which yield the background and an exact solutions for the perturbed equations. We discuss the boundary conditions of the resulting perturbed solutions. The possible perturbation modes turn out to be stable as well as unstable. The analysis leads to the conclusion that there does not exist any critical solution.

scholarly journals Quantum corrections to slow-roll inflation: scalar and tensor modes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens O. Andersen ◽  
Magdalena Eriksson ◽  
Anders Tranberg
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Slow Roll ◽  
Scalar Field Equations ◽  
Slow Rolling ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Suitable Potential ◽  
Quadratic Order

Abstract Inflation is often described through the dynamics of a scalar field, slow-rolling in a suitable potential. Ultimately, this inflaton must be identified with the expectation value of a quantum field, evolving in a quantum effective potential. The shape of this potential is determined by the underlying tree-level potential, dressed by quantum corrections from the scalar field itself and the metric perturbations. Following [1], we compute the effective scalar field equations and the corrected Friedmann equations to quadratic order in both scalar field, scalar metric and tensor perturbations. We identify the quantum corrections from different sources at leading order in slow-roll, and estimate their magnitude in benchmark models of inflation. We comment on the implications of non-minimal coupling to gravity in this context.

scholarly journals COLLAPSING SCALAR FIELD WITH KINEMATIC SELF-SIMILARITY OF THE SECOND KIND IN (2+1) GRAVITY

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (06) ◽  
pp. 1049-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. CHAN ◽  
M. F. A. DA SILVA ◽  
J. F. VILLAS DA ROCHA ◽  
ANZHONG WANG
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Gravitational Collapse ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Massless Scalar Field ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Self Similarity ◽  
Global Properties ◽  
Scalar Field Equations

All the (2+1)-dimensional circularly symmetric solutions with kinematic self-similarity of the second kind to the Einstein-massless-scalar field equations are found and their local and global properties are studied. It is found that some of them represent gravitational collapse of a massless scalar field, in which black holes are always formed.

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