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Ultrarelativistic Black Hole Formation

Author(s): East, William E; Pretorius, Frans

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dc.contributor.authorEast, William E-
dc.contributor.authorPretorius, Frans-
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-20T15:10:07Z-
dc.date.available2018-07-20T15:10:07Z-
dc.date.issued2013-03-08en_US
dc.identifier.citationEast, William E, Pretorius, Frans. (2013). Ultrarelativistic Black Hole Formation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 110 (10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.101101en_US
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1vh53-
dc.description.abstractWe study the head-on collision of fluid particles well within the kinetic energy dominated regime (gamma = 8 to 12) by numerically solving the Einstein-hydrodynamic equations. We find that the threshold for black hole formation is lower (by a factor of a few) than simple hoop conjecture estimates, and, moreover, near this threshold two distinct apparent horizons first form postcollision and then merge. We argue that this can be understood in terms of a gravitational focusing effect. The gravitational radiation reaches luminosities of 0: 014 c(5)/G, carrying 16 +/- 2% of the total energy. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.101101en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofPHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERSen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.en_US
dc.titleUltrarelativistic Black Hole Formationen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.101101-
dc.date.eissued2013-03-07en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1079-7114-
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