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This paper considers the quantum collapse of infinitesimally thin dust shells in 2 + 1 gravity. In 2 + 1 gravity a shell is no longer a sphere, but a ring of matter. The classical equation of motion of such shells in terms of variables defined on the shell has been considered by Peleg and Steif (Phys Rev D 51:3992, 1995), using the 2 + 1 version of the original formulation of Israel (Nuovo Cimento B 44:1, 1966), and Crisóstomo and Olea (Phys Rev D 69:104023, 2004), using canonical methods. The minisuperspace quantum problem can be reduced to that of a harmonic oscillator in terms of the curvature radius of the shell, which allows us to use well-known methods to find the motion of coherent wave packets that give the quantum collapse of the shell. Classically, as the radius of the shell falls below a certain point, a horizon forms. In the quantum problem one can define various quantities that give “indications” of horizon formation. Without a proper definition of a “horizon” in quantum gravity, these can be nothing but indications.
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Ortíz, L., Ryan, M.P. Quantum collapse of dust shells in 2 + 1 gravity. Gen Relativ Gravit 39, 1087–1107 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-007-0458-7
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