4–15 Aug 2014
SLAC
US/Pacific timezone

Numerical evolution of two autogravitating scalar fields with spontaneous symmetry breaking

Not scheduled
15m
Kavli Auditorium (SLAC)

Kavli Auditorium

SLAC

Aug/12

Speaker

Hector Raul Olivares Sanchez (CINVESTAV)

Description

We solve numerically the Einstein equations in spherical symmetry for a system of two coupled real scalar fields that exhibits spontaneous symmetry breaking, and where one of the fields, initially massless, acquires an effective mass due to the coupling. We study first the evolution of the homogeneous fields, and then we add Gaussian pulses in one of them. We find the evolution of the density contrast and the regions of the initial condition space in which these pulses collapse into black holes during the time of the simulation. This system may be of interest for studying the evolution of perturbations in a hybrid inflation-like scenario.

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Co-authors

Prof. Alcubierre Miguel (ICN, UNAM) Prof. Tonatiuh Matos (CINVESTAV)

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