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