Black holes, stationary clouds and magnetic fields
As the electron in the hydrogen atom, a bosonic field can bind itself to a black hole occupying a discrete infinite set of states. When (i) the spacetime is prone to superradiance and (ii) a confinement mechanism is present, some of such states are infinitely long–lived. These equilibrium configurat...
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doaj-d3659cc2488240c98b553a39b4ed40522021-03-22T12:35:24ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932021-04-01815136142Black holes, stationary clouds and magnetic fieldsNuno M. Santos0Carlos A.R. Herdeiro1Centro de Astrofísica e Gravitação — CENTRA, Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior Técnico — IST, Universidade de Lisboa — UL, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; Centre for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA) and Departamento de Matemática da Universidade de Aveiro Campus de Santiago, 3810-183 Aveiro, Portugal; Corresponding author.Centre for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA) and Departamento de Matemática da Universidade de Aveiro Campus de Santiago, 3810-183 Aveiro, PortugalAs the electron in the hydrogen atom, a bosonic field can bind itself to a black hole occupying a discrete infinite set of states. When (i) the spacetime is prone to superradiance and (ii) a confinement mechanism is present, some of such states are infinitely long–lived. These equilibrium configurations, known as stationary clouds, are states “synchronized” with a rotating black hole's event horizon. For most, if not all, stationary clouds studied in the literature so far, the requirements (i)–(ii) are independent of each other. However, this is not always the case. This paper shows that massless neutral scalar fields can form stationary clouds around a Reissner–Nordström black hole when both are subject to a uniform magnetic field. The latter simultaneously enacts both requirements by creating an ergoregion (thereby opening up the possibility of superradiance) and trapping the scalar field in the black hole's vicinity. This leads to some novel features, in particular, that only black holes with a subset of the possible charge to mass ratios can support stationary clouds.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269321000824Black holesMagnetic fieldsScalar fieldsSuperradianceStationary clouds |
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As the electron in the hydrogen atom, a bosonic field can bind itself to a black hole occupying a discrete infinite set of states. When (i) the spacetime is prone to superradiance and (ii) a confinement mechanism is present, some of such states are infinitely long–lived. These equilibrium configurations, known as stationary clouds, are states “synchronized” with a rotating black hole's event horizon. For most, if not all, stationary clouds studied in the literature so far, the requirements (i)–(ii) are independent of each other. However, this is not always the case. This paper shows that massless neutral scalar fields can form stationary clouds around a Reissner–Nordström black hole when both are subject to a uniform magnetic field. The latter simultaneously enacts both requirements by creating an ergoregion (thereby opening up the possibility of superradiance) and trapping the scalar field in the black hole's vicinity. This leads to some novel features, in particular, that only black holes with a subset of the possible charge to mass ratios can support stationary clouds. |
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Black holes Magnetic fields Scalar fields Superradiance Stationary clouds |
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