Small Kerr–anti-de Sitter black holes are unstable

Vítor Cardoso, Óscar J. C. Dias

Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology · 2004 · 231 citations · 22 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Concepts

Abstract

Superradiance in black hole spacetimes can trigger instabilities. Here we show that, due to superradiance, small Kerr--anti-de Sitter black holes are unstable. Our demonstration uses a matching procedure, in a long wavelength approximation.

References

22