Accretion of a symmetry-breaking scalar field by a Schwarzschild black hole

作者：Traykova Dina^*; Braden Jonathan; Peiris Hiranya V

来源：Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2018, 376(2114): 20170122.

DOI：10.1098/rsta.2017.0122

• numerical relativity
• black holes
• symmetry breaking
• Higgs dynamics

We simulate the behaviour of a Higgs-like field in the vicinity of a Schwarzschild black hole using a highly accurate numerical framework. We consider both the limit of the zero-temperature Higgs potential and a toy model for the time-dependent evolution of the potential when immersed in a slowly cooling radiation bath. Through these numerical investigations, we aim to improve our understanding of the non-equilibrium dynamics of a symmetry-breaking field (such as the Higgs) in the vicinity of a compact object such as a black hole. Understanding this dynamics may suggest new approaches for studying properties of scalar fields using black holes as a laboratory.
This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Higgs Cosmology'.

• 出版日期2018-3-6