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GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF A SELF-INTERACTING SCALAR FIELD

Rituparno Goswami, Pankaj S. Joshi

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We construct and study here a class of collapsing scalar field models with a nonzero potential. The weak energy condition is satisfied by the collapsing configuration and it is shown that the end state of collapse could be either a black hole or a naked singularity. It is seen that physically it is the rate of collapse that governs these outcomes of the dynamical evolution. The implications for the cosmic censorship conjecture are discussed.

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We construct and study here a class of collapsing scalar field models with a nonzero potential. The weak energy condition is satisfied by the collapsing configuration and it is shown that the end state of collapse could be either a black hole or a naked singularity. It is seen that physically it is the rate of collapse that governs these outcomes of the dynamical evolution. The implications for the cosmic censorship conjecture are discussed.

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We construct and study here a class of collapsing scalar field models with a nonzero potential. The weak energy condition is satisfied by the collapsing configuration and it is shown that the end state of collapse could be either a black hole or a naked singularity. It is seen that physically it is the rate of collapse that governs these outcomes of the dynamical evolution. The implications for the cosmic censorship conjecture are discussed.

Key concepts: Cosmic censorship hypothesis, Physics, Gravitational collapse, Scalar field, Naked singularity, Theoretical physics, Classical mechanics, Scalar theories of gravitation

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