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Non-uniqueness, Counterrotation, and Negative Horizon Mass of Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons Black Holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Stationary black holes in 5-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory possess surprising properties. When considering the Chern-Simons coefficient λ\lambda as a parameter, two critical values of λ\lambda appear: the supergravity value λSG=1\lambda_{\rm SG}=1, and the value λ=2\lambda=2. At λ=1\lambda=1, supersymmetric black holes with vanishing horizon angular velocity, but finite angular momentum exist. As λ\lambda increases beyond λSG\lambda_{\rm SG} a rotational instability arises, and counterrotating black holes appear, whose horizon rotates in the opposite sense to the angular momentum. Thus supersymmetry is associated with the borderline between stability and instability. At λ=2\lambda=2 rotating black holes with vanishing angular momentum emerge. Beyond λ=2\lambda=2 black holes may possess a negative horizon mass, while their total mass is positive. Charged rotating black holes with vanishing gyromagnetic ratio appear, and black holes are no longer uniquely characterized by their global charges.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0610075,
  title  = {Non-uniqueness, Counterrotation, and Negative Horizon Mass of Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons Black Holes},
  author = {Jutta Kunz and Francisco Navarro-Lerida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0610075},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages, 16 figures, MPLA style, invited review for Modern Physics Letters A