EU2 - Quantum Fields |
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Hamilton, Andrew J. S. |
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Inflation is Followed by BKL Collapse in Accreting, Rotating Black Holes |
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In 1970 Belinskii, Khalatnikov and Lifshitz argued that the generic outcome of collapse to a spacelike singularity would be chaotic and oscillatory. The conclusion was called into question with Poisson & Israel's 1990 discovery of the mass inflation instability at the inner horizon of a rotating black hole. It has been widely claimed that the generic outcome of mass inflation is a weak null singularity. However, this claim is premised on a black hole that remains forever isolated. Real astronomical black holes accrete. Nonlinear general relativistic numerical calculations show that for a black hole that accretes, inflation is followed by BKL collapse. This talk will be illustrated by real-time interactive visualizations with the Black Hole Flight Simulator. |
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