Universality and scaling in the collapse of spherically symmetric scalar fields in semiclassical loop quantum gravity
- Speaker: Dr Jorge Pullin
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- Location: Zoom
- Type: Lunch Talk
We study the universality and scaling observed by Choptuik in the collapse of spherically symmetric massless scalar fields in the context of the semiclassical equations that stem from loop quantum gravity. Contrary to expectations, since the system has a characteristic length -the Planck length-, we find criticality, self-similarity and "wiggles" in the scaling relation, just like in classical general relativity.
