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Based on the hyperboloidal framework, we research the dynamical process of charged de Sitter black holes scattered by a charged scalar field. From the linear perturbation analysis, with the coupling strength within a critical interval, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-17 Zhen-Tao He , Qian Chen , Yu Tian , Cheng-Yong Zhang , Hongbao Zhang

We present the first alternative mechanisms to trigger black hole bomb phenomena beyond the famous superradiant instability. By incorporating nonlinear self-interaction into the massive charged scalar field in general relativity, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-15 Cheng-Yong Zhang , Qian Chen , Yuxuan Liu , Yu Tian , Bin Wang , Hongbao Zhang

Born-Infeld black holes in the Scalar-Tensor Theories of Gravity, in the case of massless scalar field, have been recently obtained. The aim of the current paper is to study the effect from the inclusion of a potential for the scalar field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-14 Ivan Zh. Stefanov , Daniela A. Georgieva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev , Michail D. Todorov

Recent research has revealed a novel nonlinear mechanism, distinct from the linear superradiant instability, which triggers the black hole bomb phenomenon. Introducing a massive complex scalar field with nonlinear self-interactions drives…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-20 Lang Zhao , Lin Chen , Cheng-Yong Zhang

A bosonic field impinging on a rotating black hole can be amplified as it scatters off the hole, a phenomena known as superradiant scattering. If in addition the field has a non-zero rest mass then the mass term effectively works as a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-09-07 Shahar Hod , Oded Hod

In electrovacuum stationary, asymptotically flat black holes in scalar-tensor theories of gravity are described by the Kerr-Newman family of solutions, just as in general relativity. We show that there exist two mechanisms which can render…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-23 Vitor Cardoso , Isabella P. Carucci , Paolo Pani , Thomas P. Sotiriou

In this paper we show that electrically charged black holes in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity suffer from a superradiant instability. It is triggered by a charged scalar field that fulfills Dirichlet boundary conditions at a mirror located…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-12 Octavio Fierro , Nicolas Grandi , Julio Oliva

A Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole (BH) is superradiantly unstable against spherical perturbations of a charged scalar field, enclosed in a cavity, with frequency lower than a critical value. We use numerical relativity techniques to follow…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-20 Nicolas Sanchis-Gual , Juan Carlos Degollado , Pedro J. Montero , José A. Font , Carlos Herdeiro

We study charged scalar perturbations of charged extremal black holes in Einstein-Born-Infeld theory. Our numerical results indicate that these black holes all suffer from superradiant instability by the unstable quasi-bound states,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-05 Ze-Hua Wu , H. Lu

In a recent letter, we presented numerical relativity simulations, solving the full Einstein--Maxwell--Klein-Gordon equations, of superradiantly unstable Reissner-Nordstr\"om black holes (BHs), enclosed in a cavity. Low frequency, spherical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-07 Nicolas Sanchis-Gual , Juan Carlos Degollado , Carlos Herdeiro , José A. Font , Pedro J. Montero

The instability of rotating Kerr black holes due to massive scalar perturbations is investigated. It is well known that a bosonic field impinging on a Kerr black hole can be amplified as it scatters off the hole. This superradiant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-05 Shahar Hod

In this paper charged black holes are obtained assuming that a Born-Infeld electrodynamics may arise from an interaction between the electromagnetic field and a vacuum component. In this context Cauchy horizons do not appear in the maximal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-30 Rodrigo Maier , Manuella Corrêa e Silva

Charged black holes are known to suffer from an interior instability associated with the presence of the Cauchy horizon. Recently, a hairy charged black hole was proposed that avoids the formation of a Cauchy horizon. It is natural to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-08 Radouane Gannouji , Alejandro Guzmán Antonucci

We study the gravitational collapse of a self-gravitating charged scalar-field. Starting with a regular spacetime, we follow the evolution through the formation of an apparent horizon, a Cauchy horizon and a final central singularity. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Shahar Hod , Tsvi Piran

Massive bosonic fields in the background of a Kerr black hole can either trigger superradiant instabilities (black-hole bombs) or form equilibrium configurations corresponding to pure bound states, known as stationary scalar clouds. Here,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-10 Marzena Ciszak , Francesco Marino

Charged and/or rotating black holes in General Relativity feature Cauchy horizons, which indicate a breakdown of predictability in the theory. Focusing on spherically symmetric charged black holes, we remark that the inevitability of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-27 Tomáš Hale , Robie A. Hennigar , David Kubiznak

Recently, a new nonlinear mechanism for black hole scalarization, different from the standard spontaneous scalarization, was demonstrated to exist for scalar Gauss-Bonnet theories in which no tachyonic instabilities can occur. Thus…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-14 Kalin V. Staykov , Daniela D. Doneva

A common feature of regular black hole spacetimes is the presence of an inner Cauchy horizon. The analogy to the Reissner-Nordstr\"om solution then suggests that these geometries suffer from a mass-inflation effect, rendering the Cauchy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-08 Alfio Bonanno , Antonio Panassiti , Frank Saueressig

Spinning Kerr black holes are known to be superradiantly unstable to massive scalar perturbations. We here prove that the instability regime of the composed Kerr-black-hole-massive-scalar-field system is bounded from above by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-22 Shahar Hod

We examine the stability of a spherically symmetric regular black hole when subjected to perturbations from a charged scalar field. This particular black hole is constructed by deforming the Minkowski spacetime. It has been observed that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-30 Yizhi Zhan , Hengyu Xu , Shao-Jun Zhang