A class of charged black hole solutions in massive (bi)gravity

We present a new class of solutions describing charged black holes in massive (bi)gravity. For a generic choice of the parameters of the massive gravity action, the solution is the Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter metric written in the Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates for both metrics. We also study a special case of the parameters, for which the space of solutions contains an extra symmetry.Comment: 7 pages, v3: references added, typos corrected, matches published versio

Instability of black holes in massive gravity

We show that linear perturbations around the simplest black hole solution of massive bi-gravity theories, the bi-Schwarzschild solution, exhibit an unstable mode featuring the Gregory-Laflamme instability of higher-dimensional black strings. The result is obtained for the massive gravity theory which is free from the Boulware-Deser ghost, as well as for its extension with two dynamical metrics. These results may indicate that static black holes in massive gravity do not exist. For graviton mass of order of Hubble scale, however, the instability timescale is of order of the Hubble time.Comment: 5 pages; v2: references added; v3: minor changes, matches the published versio

Comment on `Critical scalar field collapse in AdS3_3: an analytical approach'

We comment on the derivation of an analytical solution presented in arXiv:1309.1629, show that it belongs to a family of separable solutions previously constructed in arXiv:gr-qc/0109002, and question its relevance to critical collapse.Comment: 5 pages, reference added, version to be published in Classical and Quantum Gravit

Amplifying the Hawking signal in BECs

We consider simple models of Bose-Einstein condensates to study analog pair-creation effects, namely the Hawking effect from acoustic black holes and the dynamical Casimir effect in rapidly time-dependent backgrounds. We also focus on a proposal by Cornell to amplify the Hawking signal in density-density correlators by reducing the atoms' interactions shortly before measurements are made.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures; to appear in Advances in High Energy Physics, special Issue 'Experimental Tests of Quantum Gravity and Exotic Quantum Field Theory Effects

Analytical approach to critical collapse in 2+1 dimensions

We present a family of time-dependent solutions to 2+1 gravity with negative cosmological constant and a massless scalar field as source. These solutions are continuously self-similar near the central singularity. We analyze linear perturbations of these solutions, and discuss the subtle question of boundary conditions. We find two growing modes, one of which corresponds to the linearization of static singular solutions, while the other describes black hole formation.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, plenary talk presented at the V$^{th}$ International Conference on Gravitation and Astrophysics of Asian-Pacific Countries, Moscow 200

Analytical approach to critical scalar field collapse in three dimensions

In the quest of the critical solution for scalar field collapse in 2+1 gravity with a negative cosmological constant, we present a one parameter family of solutions with continuous self similar (CSS) behaviour near the central singularity. We also discuss linear perturbations on this background, leading to black hole formation, and determine the critical exponent.Comment: Latex file, 3 pages. Talk given at the GR16, Durban, July 200

Stability analysis of black holes in massive gravity: a unified treatment

We consider the analytic solutions of massive (bi)gravity which can be written in a simple form using advanced Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates. We analyse the stability of these solutions against radial perturbations. First we recover the previously obtained result on the instability of the bidiagonal bi-Schwarzschild solutions. In the non-bidiagonal case (which contains, in particular, the Schwarzschild solution with Minkowski fiducial metric) we show that generically there are physical spherically symmetric perturbations, but no unstable modes.Comment: 4 pages; v2: matches the published versio

Numerical analysis of backreaction in acoustic black holes

Using methods of Quantum Field Theory in curved spacetime, the first order in hbar quantum corrections to the motion of a fluid in an acoustic black hole configuration are numerically computed. These corrections arise from the non linear backreaction of the emitted phonons. Time dependent (isolated system) and equilibrium configurations (hole in a sonic cavity) are both analyzed.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure

Step-like discontinuities in Bose-Einstein condensates and Hawking radiation: dispersion effects

In this paper we extend the hydrodynamic results of [1] and study, analytically, the propagation of Bogoliubov phonons on top of Bose-Einstein condensates with step-like discontinuities by taking into account dispersion effects. We focus on the Hawking signal in the density-density correlations in the formation of acoustic black hole-like configurations.Comment: One figure and few comments added. Version accepted for publication in PR