arxiv: 1711.00854 · v1 · pith:6ABY6DKPnew · submitted 2017-11-02 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th

Accretion of a Symmetry Breaking Scalar Field by a Schwarzschild Black Hole

Dina Traykova (1) , Jonathan Braden (1) , Hiranya V. Peiris (1 , 2) ((1) Department of Physics , Astronomy , University College London , London , U.K.

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(2) The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics Stockholm University AlbaNova Stockholm Sweden)

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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.

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Accretion of a Symmetry Breaking Scalar Field by a Schwarzschild Black Hole

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