A Critical Look At Massive Scalar Field Collapse

TL;DR

This paper investigates the critical behavior in the collapse of massive scalar fields, identifying two types of phase transitions at black hole formation thresholds and providing criteria for their occurrence.

Contribution

It introduces a new analysis of phase transitions in scalar field collapse, distinguishing two types and offering criteria to predict each transition.

Findings

Two distinct phase transition types identified.

Criteria established for predicting transition types.

Insights into black hole formation thresholds.

Abstract

We present the findings of an investigation of critical behavior in the collapse of spherically symmetric distributions of massive scalar field. Two distinct types of phase transition are observed at the verge of black hole formation and a criterion for determining when each type of transition will occur is given.