Universal criterion for black hole stability

Journal Article · Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.044005· OSTI ID:20711340

Chatterjee, Ashok; Majumdar, Parthasarathi ^[1]

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1. Theory Group, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700 064 (India)

It is shown that a nonrotating macroscopic black hole with very large horizon area can remain in stable thermal equilibrium with Hawking radiation provided its mass, as a function of horizon area, exceeds its microcanonical entropy, i.e., its entropy when isolated, without thermal radiation or accretion, and having a constant horizon area (in appropriate units). The analysis does not use properties of specific classical spacetimes, but depends only on the plausible assumption that the mass is a function of the horizon area for large areas.

• OSTI ID: 20711340
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 72; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BLACK HOLES
COSMOLOGY
ENTROPY
MASS
SPACE-TIME
STABILITY
THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
THERMAL RADIATION