The Black Hole Threshold
- đ¤ Speaker: David Hilditch, IST Lisbon
- đ Date & Time: Friday 02 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
- đ Venue: Potter room/Zoom https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87235967698
Abstract
Numerical evolutions show that, in spherical symmetry, as we move through the solution space of GR to the threshold of black hole formation, the resulting spacetimes tend to display a surprising degree of simplicity. A heuristic description of this behavior, called critical collapse, has been built around this empirical fact. Less is known when symmetry is dropped. In this presentation I will review the current status of the topic, focusing in particular on the struggle to understand the situation in axisymmetry.
Series This talk is part of the DAMTP Friday GR Seminar series.
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Friday 02 May 2025, 13:00-14:00