The evolution of conifolds

Butcher, Neil A.; Saffin, Paul M.

Abstract

We simulate the gravitational dynamics of the conifold geometries (resolved and deformed) involved in the description of certain compact spacetimes. As the cycles of the conifold collapse towards a singular geometry we find that a horizon develops, shielding the external spacetime from the curvature singularity of the newly formed black hole. The structure of the black hole is examined for a range of initial conditions, and we find a candidate black-hole solution for the final state of the collapse.

Citation

Butcher, N. A., & Saffin, P. M. (2008). The evolution of conifolds. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008(12), https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/012

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 10, 2008
• Publication Date: Dec 2, 2008
• Deposit Date: Apr 21, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 21, 2017
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-8479
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2008
• Issue: 12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/012
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/705251
• Publisher URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/012/meta