An introduction to black holes

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-199
Author(s):  
Piotr T. Chruściel
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Kerr Metric ◽  
Schwarzschild Solution ◽  
Stationary Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Spacetimes ◽  
Rotating Black Holes ◽  
General Vacuum

In this chapter the basics of the geometry of stationary black-hole spacetimes are presented. We start in Section 4.1 with a brief review of astrophysical black holes. We continue in Section 4.2 with the presentation of the flagship black hole, the Schwarzschild solution: we construct there its various extensions, and analyse some of its properties. The general notions arising in the context of black-hole geometries are presented in Section 4.3. A systematic discussion of extensions of spacetimes is carried out in Section 4.4. The charged counterparts of the Schwarzchild metric, namely the Reissner–Nordström metrics, are analysed in Section 4.5. The Kerr metric, expected to describe the most general vacuum, stationary, and rotating black holes, is presented in Section 4.6. The electrovacuum Majumdar–Papapetrou spacetimes, containing two or more disconnected black-hole regions, are described in Section 4.7.

Numerical Study of Stationary Black Hole Magnetospheres-Toward Blandford-Znajek mechanism by fast rotating black holes-

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousuke Takamori ◽  
Hideki Ishihara ◽  
Masashi Kimura ◽  
Nakao Ken-ichi ◽  
Masaaki Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Stationary Black Hole ◽  
Rotating Black Holes ◽  
Fast Rotating

Further selected solutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 200-258
Author(s):  
Piotr T. Chruściel
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Stationary Black Hole ◽  
Static Vacuum ◽  
Black Hole Spacetimes ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dimensional Black Hole ◽  
Horizon Topology ◽  
Basic Features

In previous chapters we presented the key notions associated with stationary black-hole spacetimes, as well as the minimal set of metrics needed to illustrate the basic features of the world of black holes. In this chapter we present some further black holes, selected because of their physical and mathematical interest. We start, in Section 5.1, with the Kerr–de Sitter/anti-de Sitter metrics, the cosmological counterparts of the Kerr metrics. Section 5.2 contains a description of the Kerr–Newman–de Sitter/anti-de Sitter metrics, which are the charged relatives of the metrics presented in Section 5.1. In Section 5.3 we analyse in detail the global structure of the Emparan–Reall ‘black rings’: these are five-dimensional black-hole spacetimes with R × S 1 × S 2-horizon topology. The Rasheed metrics of Section 5.4 provide an example of black holes arising in Kaluza–Klein theories. The Birmingham family of metrics, presented in Section 5.5, forms the most general class known of explicit static vacuum metrics with cosmological constant in all dimensions, with a wide range of horizon topologies.

scholarly journals PARTICLES WITH NEGATIVE ENERGIES IN BLACK HOLES

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (05) ◽  
pp. 675-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. GRIB ◽  
Y. V. PAVLOV
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Kerr Metric ◽  
Schwarzschild Black Hole ◽  
Rotating Black Holes

The problem of the existence of particles with negative energies inside and outside of Schwarzschild, charged and rotating black holes is investigated. Different definitions of the energy of the particle inside the Schwarzschild black hole are analyzed and it is shown in which cases this energy can be negative. A comparison is made for the cases of rotating black holes between those described by the Kerr metric when the energy of the particle can be negative in the ergosphere and the Reissner–Nordstrøm metric.

scholarly journals Towards Quantum Simulation of Black Holes in a dc-SQUID Array

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Adrián Terrones ◽  
Carlos Sabín
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Propagation Speed ◽  
Event Horizons ◽  
Black Hole Spacetimes ◽  
Quantum Simulations ◽  
Rotating Black Holes ◽  
Spacetime Metric

We propose quantum simulations of 1 + 1D radial sections of different black hole spacetimes (Schwarzschild, Reissner–Nordstrøm, Kerr and Kerr–Newman), by means of a dc-SQUID array embedded on an open transmission line. This was achieved by reproducing the spatiotemporal dependence of 1 + 1D sections of the spacetime metric with the propagation speed of the electromagnetic field in the simulator, which can be modulated by an external magnetic flux. We show that the generation of event horizons—and therefore Hawking radiation—in the simulator could be achieved for non-rotating black holes, although we discuss limitations related to fluctuations of the quantum phase. In the case of rotating black holes, it seems that the simulation of ergospheres is beyond reach.

scholarly journals Renormalized vacuum polarization of rotating black holes

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (09) ◽  
pp. 1542007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo R. C. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Vacuum Polarization ◽  
Kerr Black Hole ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Massive Scalar Field ◽  
Rotating Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Spacetimes ◽  
Rotating Black Holes ◽  
General Method

Quantum field theory on rotating black hole spacetimes is plagued with technical difficulties. Here, we describe a general method to renormalize and compute the vacuum polarization of a quantum field in the Hartle–Hawking state on rotating black holes. We exemplify the technique with a massive scalar field on the warped AdS3 black hole solution to topologically massive gravity, a deformation of (2 + 1)-dimensional Einstein gravity. We use a "quasi-Euclidean" technique, which generalizes the Euclidean techniques used for static spacetimes, and we subtract the divergences by matching to a sum over mode solutions on Minkowski spacetime. This allows us, for the first time, to have a general method to compute the renormalized vacuum polarization, for a given quantum state, on a rotating black hole, such as the physically relevant case of the Kerr black hole in four dimensions.

scholarly journals Black hole hair removal for N = 4 CHL models

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhroneel Chakrabarti ◽  
Suresh Govindarajan ◽  
P. Shanmugapriya ◽  
Yogesh K. Srivastava ◽  
Amitabh Virmani
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Microscopic Analysis ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Special Care ◽  
Hair Removal ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Rotating Black Holes

Abstract Although BMPV black holes in flat space and in Taub-NUT space have identical near-horizon geometries, they have different indices from the microscopic analysis. For K3 compactification of type IIB theory, Sen et al. in a series of papers identified that the key to resolving this puzzle is the black hole hair modes: smooth, normalisable, bosonic and fermionic degrees of freedom living outside the horizon. In this paper, we extend their study to N = 4 CHL orbifold models. For these models, the puzzle is more challenging due to the presence of the twisted sectors. We identify hair modes in the untwisted as well as twisted sectors. We show that after removing the contributions of the hair modes from the microscopic partition functions, the 4d and 5d horizon partition functions agree. Special care is taken to present details on the smoothness analysis of hair modes for rotating black holes, thereby filling an essential gap in the literature.

scholarly journals Fermat’s principle in black-hole spacetimes

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (14) ◽  
pp. 1847025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahar Hod
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Spacetimes ◽  
Fermat’S Principle ◽  
Kerr Black Holes ◽  
Fermat's Principle ◽  
Asymptotic Observers

Black-hole spacetimes are known to possess closed light rings. We here present a remarkably compact theorem which reveals the physically intriguing fact that these unique null circular geodesics provide the fastest way, as measured by asymptotic observers, to circle around spinning Kerr black holes.

scholarly journals Supermassive black holes surrounded by dark matter modeled as anisotropic fluid: epicyclic oscillations and their fitting to observed QPOs

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
pp. 059
Author(s):  
Z. Stuchlík ◽  
J. Vrba
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Active Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Anisotropic Fluid ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Black Hole Spacetimes ◽  
Test Particles

Abstract Recently introduced exact solution of the Einstein gravity coupled minimally to an anisotropic fluid representing dark matter can well represent supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei with realistic distribution of dark matter around the black hole, given by the Hernquist-like density distribution. For these fluid-hairy black hole spacetimes, properties of the gravitational radiation, quasinormal ringing, and optical phenomena were studied, giving interesting results. Here, using the range of physical parameters of these spacetimes allowing for their relevance in astrophysics, we study the epicyclic oscillatory motion of test particles in these spacetimes. The frequencies of the orbital and epicyclic motion are applied in the epicyclic resonance variant of the geodesic model of quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in active galactic nuclei to demonstrate the possibility to solve the cases where the standard vacuum black hole spacetimes are not allowing for explanation of the observed data. We demonstrate that the geodesic model can explain the QPOs observed in most of the active galactic nuclei for the fluid-hairy black holes with reasonable halo parameters.

General Relativity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Manton ◽  
Nicholas Mee
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Field Equation ◽  
Einstein Field Equation ◽  
Kerr Metric ◽  
Gravitational Lenses ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Spacetime Geometry ◽  
Tests Of General Relativity ◽  
Rotating Black Holes

This chapter presents the physical motivation for general relativity, derives the Einstein field equation and gives concise derivations of the main results of the theory. It begins with the equivalence principle, tidal forces in Newtonian gravity and their connection to curved spacetime geometry. This leads to a derivation of the field equation. Tests of general relativity are considered: Mercury’s perihelion advance, gravitational redshift, the deflection of starlight and gravitational lenses. The exterior and interior Schwarzschild solutions are discussed. Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates are used to describe objects falling into non-rotating black holes. The Kerr metric is used to describe rotating black holes and their astrophysical consequences. Gravitational waves are described and used to explain the orbital decay of binary neutron stars. Their recent detection by LIGO and the beginning of a new era of gravitational wave astronomy is discussed. Finally, the gravitational field equations are derived from the Einstein–Hilbert action.

Dynamical black holes

2020 ◽  
pp. 312-336
Author(s):  
Piotr T. Chruściel
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Cauchy Data ◽  
Einstein Equations ◽  
Black Hole Spacetimes ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Meaningful Definition ◽  
Stability Results ◽  
Black Hole Solutions

In this chapter we review what is known about dynamical black hole-solutions of Einstein equations. We discuss the Robinson–Trautman black holes, with or without a cosmological constant. We review the Cauchy-data approach to the construction of black-hole spacetimes. We propose some alternative approaches to a meaningful definition of black hole in a dynamical spacetime, and we review the nonlinear stability results for black-hole solutions of vacuum Einstein equations.

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