Gott Time Machines, BTZ Black Hole Formation, and Choptuik Scaling

DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1074zbMath0949.83048arXivhep-th/9908150OpenAlexW2000259818WikidataQ52101909 ScholiaQ52101909MaRDI QIDQ4492706

Danny Birmingham, Siddhartha Sen

Publication date: 17 July 2000

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9908150

zbMATH Keywords

time machinepoint particlesBañados-Teitelboim-Zanelli black holesChoptuik scaling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Conformal densities and Hausdorff dimension for holomorphic dynamical systems (37F35) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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Collisions of massive particles, timelike thin shells and formation of black holes in three dimensions ⋮ \(AdS_3\) orbifolds, BTZ black holes, and holography ⋮ Self-similar gravitational dynamics, singularities and criticality in 2D ⋮ No Hawking-page phase transition in three dimensions ⋮ Visualization of the Gödel universe ⋮ THE CENTRAL CHARGE OF THE WARPED AdS₃ BLACK HOLE ⋮ Quasinormal modes and Choptuik scaling in the near extremal Reissner-Nordström black hole ⋮ Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse ⋮ Quantum creation of BTZ black hole ⋮ Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse ⋮ Gravitational collapse in SYK models and Choptuik-like phenomenon ⋮ EXACT RESULTS FOR THE BTZ BLACK HOLE ⋮ On field theory thermalization from gravitational collapse

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• Einstein's theory in a three-dimensional space-time
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• Gravity theories with lightlike sources in D=3
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• Black hole creation in 2 + 1 dimensions
• The (2 + 1)-dimensional black hole
• The anti-de Sitter Gott universe: a rotating BTZ wormhole
• Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse

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