Non-Spherically Symmetric Collapse in Asymptotically AdS Spacetimes

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We numerically simulate gravitational collapse in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes away from spherical symmetry.

• Starting from initial data sourced by a massless real scalar field, we solve the Einstein equations with a negative cosmological constant in five spacetime dimensions and obtain a family of non-spherically symmetric solutions, including those that form two distinct black holes on the axis.
• We find that these configurations collapse faster than spherically symmetric ones of the same mass and radial compactness.
• Similarly, they require less mass to collapse within a fixed time.