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Title: Accretion of phantom scalar field into a black hole

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Instituto de Fisica y Matematicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Edificio C-3, Cd. Universitaria, 58040 Morelia, Michoacan (Mexico)

Using numerical methods we present the first full nonlinear study of a phantom scalar field accreted into a black hole. We study different initial configurations and find that the accretion of the field into the black hole can reduce its area down to 50 percent within time scales of the order of few masses of the initial horizon. The analysis includes the cases where the total energy of the space-time is positive or negative. The confirmation of this effect in full nonlinear general relativity implies that the accretion of exotic matter could be considered an evaporation process. We speculate that if this sort of exotic matter has some cosmological significance, this black hole area reduction process might have played a crucial role in black hole formation and population.

OSTI ID:
21300915
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 79, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.121501; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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