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Plausible scenario for a generic violation of the weak cosmic censorship conjecture in asymptotically flat four dimensions

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Eperon, Felicity C 
Ganchev, Bogdan 
Santos, Jorge E 

Abstract

We present a plausible counterexample to the weak cosmic censorship conjecture in the fourdimensional Einstein-Scalar theory with asymptotically flat boundary conditions. Our setup stems from the analysis of the massive Klein-Gordon equation on a fixed Kerr black hole background. In particular, we construct the quasinormal spectrum numerically, and analytically in the WKB approximation, then go on to compute its backreaction on the Kerr geometry. In the regime of parameters where the analytic and numerical techniques overlap we find perfect agreement. We give strong evidence for the existence of a nonlinear instability at late times.

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Keywords

gr-qc, gr-qc, hep-th

Journal Title

Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

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Journal ISSN

1550-2368
2470-0029

Volume Title

101

Publisher

American Physical Society

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Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/H008586/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/J005673/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/K00333X/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/P000681/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/P000673/1)
STFC (ST/T000694/1)