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Black hole formation from massive scalar fields

Sergio M. C. V. Goncalves, Ian G. Moss

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9702059

Abstract

It is shown that there exists a range of parameters in which gravitational collapse with a spherically symmetric massive scalar field can be treated as if it were collapsing dust. This implies a criterion for the formation of black holes depending on the size and mass of the initial field configuration and the mass of the scalar field.

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