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It has been well known since the 1970s that stationary black holes do not generically support scalar hair. Most of the no-hair theorems which support this depend crucially upon the assumption that the scalar field has no time dependence.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-05 Alexander A. H. Graham , Rahul Jha

We study the possibility of non-singular black hole solutions in the theory of general relativity coupled to a non-linear scalar field with a positive potential possessing two minima: a `false vacuum' with positive energy and a `true…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Dmitri V. Gal'tsov , Jose' P. S. Lemos

We show that a stationary solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations which is close to a non-degenerate Reissner-Nordstr\"om-de Sitter solution is in fact equal to a slowly rotating Kerr-Newman-de Sitter solution. The proof uses the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-28 Peter Hintz

No-hair theorems exclude the existence of nontrivial scalar and massive vector hair outside four-dimensional, static, asymptotically flat black-hole spacetimes. We show, by explicitly building nonlinear solutions, that black holes can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-09 Richard Brito , Vitor Cardoso , Paolo Pani

We prove three theorems in general relativity which rule out classical scalar hair of static, spherically symmetric, possibly electrically charged black holes. We first generalize Bekenstein's no--hair theorem for a multiplet of minimally…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Avraham E. Mayo , Jacob D. Bekenstein

The black hole no-hair theorem is traditionally derived from the uniqueness theorems of general relativity. We show that a quantitative form follows from unitarity together with the standard semiclassical assumptions of horizon causality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Sudhanva Joshi , Sunil Kumar Mishra

Recently, a no inner (Cauchy) horizon theorem for static black holes with non-trivial scalar hairs has been proved in Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theories. In this paper, we extend the theorem to the static black holes in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-20 Deniz O. Devecioglu , Mu-In Park

According to the no-hair theorem, astrophysical black holes are uniquely characterized by their masses and spins and are described by the Kerr metric. Several parametric deviations from the Kerr metric have been suggested to study…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-24 Tim Johannsen , Dimitrios Psaltis

Originally regarded as forbidden, black hole ``hair'' are fields associated with a stationary black hole apart from the gravitational and electromagnetic ones. Several stable stationary black hole solutions with gauge or Skyrme field hair…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jacob D. Bekenstein

We obtained new hairy black hole solutions in Einstein-scalar theory, including asymptotic flat, de Sitter and anti-de Sitter black holes. The theory is inspired by Ref. [1], where traversable wormhole solutions from an Einstein-phantom…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-19 Xiao-Ping Rao , Hyat Huang , Jinbo Yang

This is the second in a series of two papers to establish the conjectured mass-angular momentum inequality for multiple black holes, modulo the extreme black hole 'no hair theorem'. More precisely it is shown that either there is a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Qing Han , Marcus Khuri , Gilbert Weinstein , Jingang Xiong

Despite the no-hair theorem, several notable hairy black hole (BH) solutions exist in both General Relativity and modified gravity theories. For such hairs to be detectable, they must extend sufficiently beyond the event horizon. This idea…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-11 Rajes Ghosh , Chiranjeeb Singha

We prove a conditional "no hair" theorem for smooth manifolds: if $E$ is the domain of outer communication of a smooth, regular, stationary Einstein vacuum, and if a technical condition relating the Ernst potential and Killing scalar is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexandru D. Ionescu , Sergiu Klainerman

We give a proof of the non-perturbative no hair theorems for a massive 2-form field with 3-form field strength for general stationary axisymmetric and static (anti)-de Sitter or asymptotically flat black hole spacetimes with some suitable…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-03 Sourav Bhattacharya

There is no proof that black holes contain singularities when they are generated by real physical bodies. Roger Penrose claimed sixty years ago that trapped surfaces inevitably lead to light rays of finite affine length (FALL's). Penrose…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-05 R. P. Kerr

Based on the conformal energy theorem we prove the uniqueness theorem for static higher dimensional electrically and magnetically charged black holes being the solution of Einstein (n-2)-gauge forms equations of motion. Black hole spacetime…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Marek Rogatko

The "no-hair" theorem states that astrophysical black holes are fully characterised by just two numbers: their mass and spin. The gravitational-wave emission from a perturbed black-hole consists of a superposition of damped sinusoids, known…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-03 Juan Calderón Bustillo , Paul D. Lasky , Eric Thrane

Black holes in General Relativity are very simple objects. This property, that goes under the name of "no-hair," has been refined in the last few decades and admits several versions. The simplicity of black holes makes them ideal testbeds…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-24 Vitor Cardoso , Leonardo Gualtieri

We study the existence of stationary black holes with a non-canonical scalar field as a matter source. We prove a simple black hole no-hair theorem which rules out the existence of asymptotically flat black holes which are static or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-18 Alexander A. H. Graham , Rahul Jha

The simplicity of black holes, as characterized by no-hair theorems, is one of the most important mathematical results in the framework of general relativity. Are these theorems unique to black hole spacetimes, or do they also constrain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-20 Carlos Barceló , Raúl Carballo-Rubio , Stefano Liberati