Critical behavior of collapsing surfaces

Details Critical behavior of collapsing surfaces Critical behavior of collapsing surfaces

2009-03-19

arxiv.org/abs/0903.3369v1

J.Phys.A42:355205,2009

Physics

Mathematical Physics

23 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/42/35/355205

We consider the mean curvature evolution of rotationally symmetric surfaces. Using numerical methods, we detect critical behavior at the threshold of singularity formation resembling the one of gravitational collapse. In particular, the mean curvature simulation of a one-parameter family of initial data reveals the existence of a critical initial surface that develops a degenerate neckpinch. The limiting flow of the Type II singularity is accurately modeled by the rotationally symmetric translating soliton.

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