A scenario for critical scalar field collapse in AdS₃

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Abstract: We present a family of exact solutions, depending on two parameters alpha and b (related to the scalar field strength), to the three-dimensional Einstein-scalar field equations with negative cosmological constant Lambda. For b=0 these solutions reduce to the static BTZ family of vacuum solutions, with mass M=alpha. For beq0, the solutions become dynamical and develop a strong spacelike central singularity. The alpha<0 solutions are black-hole like, with a global structure topologically similar to that of the BTZ black holes, and a finite effective mass. We show that the near-singularity behavior of the solutions with alpha>0 agrees qualitatively with that observed in numerical simulations of subcritical collapse. We analyze the linear perturbations of the threshold solution, alpha=0, in the Lambda=0 approximation, and find that it has only one unstable growing mode, which qualifies it as a candidate critical solution for scalar field collapse.









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