Novel Cauchy-horizon instability

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.064015· OSTI ID:20708892

Maeda, Hideki ^[1]; Torii, Takashi ^[2]; Harada, Tomohiro ^[3]

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1. Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
2. Graduate School of Science, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
3. Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS (United Kingdom)

The evolution of weak discontinuity is investigated on horizons in the n-dimensional static solutions in the Einstein-Maxwell-scalar-{lambda} system, including the Reissner-Nordstroem-(anti) de Sitter black hole. The analysis is essentially local and nonlinear. We find that the Cauchy horizon is unstable, whereas both the black hole event horizon and the cosmological event horizon are stable. This new instability, the so-called kink instability, of the Cauchy horizon is completely different from the well-known 'infinite-blueshift' instability. The kink instability makes the analytic continuation beyond the Cauchy horizon unstable.

• OSTI ID: 20708892
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 71, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.71.064015; (c) 2005 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
COSMOLOGY
DE SITTER GROUP
EVOLUTION
KINK INSTABILITY
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
SCALARS