315 research outputs found
Connection between horizons and algebraic type
We study connections between both event and quasilocal horizons and the
algebraic type of the Weyl tensor. The relation regarding spacelike future
outer trapping horizon is analysed in four dimensions using double-null
foliation.Comment: 4 pages, to appear in Proceedings of Spanish relativity meeting 201
Survival of the black hole's Cauchy horizon under non-compact perturbations
We study numerically the evolution of spactime, and in particular of a
spacetime singularity, inside a black hole under a class of perturbations of
non-compact support. We use a very simplified toy model of a spherical charged
black hole which is perturbed nonlinearly by a self-gravitating, spherical
scalar field. The latter grows logarithmically with advanced time along an
outgoing characteristic hypersurface. We find that for that class of
perturbations a portion of the Cauchy horizon survives as a non-central, null
singularity.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Quasinormal modes for the SdS black hole : an analytical approximation scheme
Quasinormal modes for scalar field perturbations of a Schwarzschild-de Sitter
(SdS) black hole are investigated. An analytical approximation is proposed for
the problem. The quasinormal modes are evaluated for this approximate model in
the limit when black hole mass is much smaller than the radius of curvature of
the spacetime. The model mirrors some striking features observed in numerical
studies of time behaviour of scalar perturbations of the SdS black hole. In
particular, it shows the presence of two sets of modes relevant at two
different time scales, proportional to the surface gravities of the black hole
and cosmological horizons respectively. These quasinormal modes are not
complete - another feature observed in numerical studies. Refinements of this
model to yield more accurate quantitative agreement with numerical studies are
discussed. Further investigations of this model are outlined, which would
provide a valuable insight into time behaviour of perturbations in the SdS
spacetime.Comment: 12 pages, revtex, refs added and discussion expanded, version to
appear in Phys. Rev.
Metric Perturbation Approach to Gravitational Waves in Isotropic Cosmologies
Gravitational waves in isotropic cosmologies were recently studied using the
gauge-invariant approach of Ellis-Bruni. We now construct the linearised metric
perturbations of the background Robertson-Walker space-time which reproduce the
results obtained in that study. The analysis carried out here also facilitates
an easy comparison with Bardeen.Comment: 29 pages, Latex file, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Numerical simulation of the massive scalar field evolution in the Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m black hole background
We studied the massive scalar wave propagation in the background of
Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m black hole by using numerical simulations. We learned
that the value plays an important role in determining the properties of
the relaxation of the perturbation. For the relaxation process
depends only on the field parameter and does not depend on the spacetime
parameters. For , the dependence of the relaxation on the black hole
parameters appears. The bigger mass of the black hole, the faster the
perturbation decays. The difference of the relaxation process caused by the
black hole charge has also been exhibited.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Thin-shell wormholes: Linearization stability
The class of spherically-symmetric thin-shell wormholes provides a
particularly elegant collection of exemplars for the study of traversable
Lorentzian wormholes. In the present paper we consider linearized (spherically
symmetric) perturbations around some assumed static solution of the Einstein
field equations. This permits us to relate stability issues to the (linearized)
equation of state of the exotic matter which is located at the wormhole throat.Comment: 4 pages; ReV_TeX 3.0; one postscript figur
Strong Cosmic Censorship and Causality Violation
We investigate the instability of the Cauchy horizon caused by causality
violation in the compact vacuum universe with the topology , which Moncrief and Isenberg considered. We show that if
the occurrence of curvature singularities are restricted to the boundary of
causality violating region, the whole segments of the boundary become curvature
singularities. This implies that the strong cosmic censorship holds in the
spatially compact vacuum space-time in the case of the causality violation.
This also suggests that causality violation cannot occur for a compact
universe.Comment: corrected version, 8 pages, one eps figure is include
Cauchy horizon singularity without mass inflation
A perturbed Reissner-Nordstr\"om-de Sitter solution is used to emphasize the
nature of the singularity along the Cauchy horizon of a charged spherically
symmetric black hole. For these solutions, conditions may prevail under which
the mass function is bounded and yet the curvature scalar
diverges.Comment: typeset in RevTex, 13 page
Stability of Transparent Spherically Symmetric Thin Shells and Wormholes
The stability of transparent spherically symmetric thin shells (and
wormholes) to linearized spherically symmetric perturbations about static
equilibrium is examined. This work generalizes and systematizes previous
studies and explores the consequences of including the cosmological constant.
The approach shows how the existence (or not) of a domain wall dominates the
landscape of possible equilibrium configurations.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, revtex. Final form to appear in Phys. Rev.
Pair of accelerated black holes in a de Sitter background: the dS C-metric
Following the work of Kinnersley and Walker for flat spacetimes, we have
analyzed the anti-de Sitter C-metric in a previous paper. In the de Sitter
case, Podolsky and Griffiths have established that the de Sitter C-metric (dS
C-metric) found by Plebanski and Demianski describes a pair of accelerated
black holes in the dS background with the acceleration being provided (in
addition to the cosmological constant) by a strut that pushes away the two
black holes or, alternatively, by a string that pulls them. We extend their
analysis mainly in four directions. First, we draw the Carter-Penrose diagrams
of the massless uncharged dS C-metric, of the massive uncharged dS C-metric and
of the massive charged dS C-metric. These diagrams allow us to clearly identify
the presence of two dS black holes and to conclude that they cannot interact
gravitationally. Second, we revisit the embedding of the dS C-metric in the 5D
Minkowski spacetime and we represent the motion of the dS C-metric origin in
the dS 4-hyperboloid as well as the localization of the strut. Third, we
comment on the physical properties of the strut that connects the two black
holes. Finally, we find the range of parameters that correspond to non-extreme
black holes, extreme black holes, and naked particles.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures (RevTeX4). Published version: references adde
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