Scalar Tsunamis from Black Hole Formation

arXiv:2602.06112 · hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ex, hep-th · Submitted 2026-02-05 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ex, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-02-05

Updated: 2026-09-27

Terminology

• Apparent Horizon — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Fourier Transform — 1× in this paper
• Quasi-Normal Modes (QNMs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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