Overspinning a nearly extreme black hole and the weak cosmic censorship conjecture

Journal Article · Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.78.081503· OSTI ID:21254367

Richartz, Mauricio; Saa, Alberto ^[1]

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1. Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin, UNICAMP, C.P. 6165, 13083-970 Campinas, SP (Brazil)

We revisit here the recent proposal for overspinning a nearly extreme black hole by means of a quantum tunneling process. We show that electrically neutral massless fermions evade possible backreaction effects related to superradiance, confirming the view that it would be indeed possible to form a naked singularity due to quantum effects.

• OSTI ID: 21254367
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 78, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.081503; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BLACK HOLES
FERMIONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
NEUTRAL PARTICLES
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SINGULARITY
SUPERRADIANCE
TUNNEL EFFECT