2005/02/28 by Barak Kol · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/017
published as JHEP 0610 (2006) 017 · 19 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. v2: added details on reference, typographical changes. v3: see `Note Added' at end of Introduction
arxiv created 2006/07/20 · openalex publication_date 2006/10/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The critical solution in Choptuik scaling is shown to be closely related to the critical solution in the black-string black-hole transition (the merger), through double analytic continuation, and a change of a boundary condition. The interest in studying various space-time dimensions D for both systems is stressed. Gundlach-Hod-Piran off-critical oscillations, familiar in the Choptuik set-up, are predicted for the merger system and are predicted to disappear above a critical dimension D*=10. The scaling constants, Delta(D), gamma(D), are shown to combine naturally to a single complex number.