87 research outputs found
Example of a stable wormhole in general relativity
We study a static, spherically symmetric wormhole model whose metric
coincides with that of the so-called Ellis wormhole but the material source of
gravity consists of a perfect fluid with negative density and a source-free
radial electric or magnetic field. For a certain class of fluid equations of
state, it has been shown that this wormhole model is linearly stable under both
spherically symmetric perturbations and axial perturbations of arbitrary
multipolarity. A similar behavior is predicted for polar nonspherical
perturbations. It thus seems to be the first example of a stable wormhole model
in the framework of general relativity (at least without invoking phantom thin
shells as wormhole sources).Comment: 6 pages, no figure
Responses of the Brans-Dicke field due to gravitational collapses
We study responses of the Brans-Dicke field due to gravitational collapses of
scalar field pulses using numerical simulations. Double-null formalism is
employed to implement the numerical simulations. If we supply a scalar field
pulse, it will asymptotically form a black hole via dynamical interactions of
the Brans-Dicke field. Hence, we can observe the responses of the Brans-Dicke
field by two different regions. First, we observe the late time behaviors after
the gravitational collapse, which include formations of a singularity and an
apparent horizon. Second, we observe the fully dynamical behaviors during the
gravitational collapse and view the energy-momentum tensor components. For the
late time behaviors, if the Brans-Dicke coupling is greater (or smaller) than
-1.5, the Brans-Dicke field decreases (or increases) during the gravitational
collapse. Since the Brans-Dicke field should be relaxed to the asymptotic value
with the elapse of time, the final apparent horizon becomes time-like (or
space-like). For the dynamical behaviors, we observed the energy-momentum
tensors around ~ -1.5. If the Brans-Dicke coupling is greater than
-1.5, the component can be negative at the outside of the black hole.
This can allow an instantaneous inflating region during the gravitational
collapse. If the Brans-Dicke coupling is less than -1.5, the oscillation of the
component allows the apparent horizon to shrink. This allows a
combination that violates weak cosmic censorship. Finally, we discuss the
implications of the violation of the null energy condition and weak cosmic
censorship.Comment: 28 pages, 14 figure
Homogeneous singularities inside collapsing wormholes
We analyze analytically and numerically the origin of the singularity in the
course of the collapse of a wormhole with the exotic scalar field Psi with
negative energy density, and with this field Psi together with the ordered
magnetic field H. We do this under the simplifying assumptions of the spherical
symmetry and that in the vicinity of the singularity the solution of the
Einstein equations depends only on one coordinate (the homogeneous
approximation). In the framework of these assumptions we found the principal
difference between the case of the collapse of the ordinary scalar field Phi
with the positive energy density together with an ordered magnetic field H and
the collapse of the exotic scalar field Psi together with the magnetic field H.
The later case is important for the possible astrophysical manifestation of the
wormholes.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures each of which has a),b),c),and d) sub-figures. To
be published in "Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and
cosmology
Thermocapillary rupture in falling liquid films at moderate Reynolds numbers
An experimental study of the flow of a water film over a heated surface for Re = 15-50 was performed. The influence of the development of thermocapillary instability on the wave amplitudes, the deformation of the surface of the liquid film, and the formation of the first stable dry spot on the heater are investigated. It is shown that the interaction of waves with thermocapillary structures can lead to an increase in the critical heat flux corresponding to the rupture of the liquid film, as compared with the data known in the literature
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