An observational signature for extremal black holes

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Hauptverfasser: Aretakis, Stefanos, Khanna, Gaurav, Sabharwal, Subir
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author Aretakis, Stefanos
Khanna, Gaurav
Sabharwal, Subir
author_facet Aretakis, Stefanos
Khanna, Gaurav
Sabharwal, Subir
contents We consider scalar perturbations of the Reissner--Nordström family and the Kerr family. We derive a characteristic expression of the radiation field, at any given unit solid angle of future null infinity, and numerically show that its amplitude gets excited only in the extremal case. Our work, therefore, identifies an observational signature for extremal black holes. Moreover, we show that the source of the excitation is the extremal horizon instability and its magnitude is exactly equal to the conserved horizon charge.
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spellingShingle An observational signature for extremal black holes
Aretakis, Stefanos
Khanna, Gaurav
Sabharwal, Subir
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
We consider scalar perturbations of the Reissner--Nordström family and the Kerr family. We derive a characteristic expression of the radiation field, at any given unit solid angle of future null infinity, and numerically show that its amplitude gets excited only in the extremal case. Our work, therefore, identifies an observational signature for extremal black holes. Moreover, we show that the source of the excitation is the extremal horizon instability and its magnitude is exactly equal to the conserved horizon charge.
title An observational signature for extremal black holes
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.03963