Universality and scaling in gravitational collapse of a massless scalar field

Abstract:

I will talk about the seminal work done by Matthew Choptuik in the critical gravitational collapse of scalar fields. I will give a little introduction to what a black hole is and then describe the remarkable results of Choptuik's. I will also discuss the extension of his results to quantum gravity which is what currently I am interested in.

References: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v70/i1/p9_1

Time: Oct 9, Tuesday, noon.

Location: Rm. 435, Nicholson Hall.

Foods and drinks will be provided.