First Order Phase Transitions in Gravitational Collapse

Details First Order Phase Transitions in Gravitational Collapse First Order Phase Transitions in Gravitational Collapse

1998-01-31

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9802002v1

Acta Phys.Polon.B29:1071,1998

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages, Revtex, to appear in the Proceedings of Gauge Theories of Gravity (Jadwisin, 1997), special volume of Acta Physica P

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In recent numerical simulations of spherically symmetric gravitational collapse a new type of critical behaviour, dominated by a sphaleron solution, has been found. In contrast to the previously studied models, in this case there is a finite gap in the spectrum of black-hole masses which is reminiscent of a first order phase transition. We briefly summarize the essential features of this phase transition and describe the basic heuristic picture underlying the numerical phenomenology.

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