On the inverse hoop conjecture of Hod

Recently, Hod has shown that Thorne’s hoop conjecture ($$\frac{C(R)}{4\pi M(r\le R)} \le 1\Rightarrow $$ C ( R ) 4 π M ( r ≤ R ) ≤ 1 ⇒ horizon) is violated by stationary black holes and so he proposed a new inverse hoop conjecture characterizing such black holes (that is, horizon $$\Rightarrow \mathcal {H =} \frac{\pi \mathcal {A} }{\mathcal {C}_{{eq} }^{2}} \le 1$$ ⇒ H = π A C eq 2 ≤ 1 ). In this paper, it is exemplified that stationary hairy black holes, endowed with Lorentz symmetry violating Bumblebee vector field related to quantum gravity and dilaton field of string theory, also respect the inverse conjecture. It is shown that stationary hairy singularity, recently derived by Bogush and Galt’sov, does not respect the conjecture thereby protecting it. However, curiously, there are two horizonless stationary wormholes that can also respect the conjecture. Thus one may also state that throat $$\Rightarrow \mathcal {H \le }1$$ ⇒ H ≤ 1 , suggesting that the inverse conjecture may be a necessary but not sufficient proposition.

Cosmic cloaking of rich extra dimensions

We present arguments that show why it is difficult to see rich extra dimensions in the universe. Conditions are found where significant size and variation of the extra dimensions in a Kaluza–Klein compactification lead to a black hole in the lower-dimensional theory. The idea is based on the hoop conjecture concerning black hole existence, as well as on the observation that dimensional reduction on macroscopically large, twisted, or highly dynamical extra dimensions contributes positively to the energy density in the lower-dimensional theory and can induce gravitational collapse. A threshold for the size is postulated on the order of [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m, whereby extra dimensions of length above this level must lie inside black holes, thus cloaking them from the view of outside observers. The threshold depends on the size of the universe, leading to speculation that in the early stages of evolution truly macroscopic and large extra dimensions would have been visible.

Introducing the inverse hoop conjecture for black holes

It is conjectured that stationary black holes are characterized by the inverse hoop relation $${\mathcal {A}}\le {\mathcal {C}}^2/\pi $$ A ≤ C 2 / π , where $${\mathcal {A}}$$ A and $${\mathcal {C}}$$ C are respectively the black-hole surface area and the circumference length of the smallest ring that can engulf the black-hole horizon in every direction. We explicitly prove that generic Kerr–Newman–(anti)-de Sitter black holes conform to this conjectured area-circumference relation.

Further evidence for the non-existence of a unified hoop conjecture

The hoop conjecture, introduced by Thorne almost five decades ago, asserts that black holes are characterized by the mass-to-circumference relation $$4\pi {\mathcal {M}}/{\mathcal {C}}\ge 1$$ 4 π M / C ≥ 1 , whereas horizonless compact objects are characterized by the opposite inequality $$4\pi {\mathcal {M}}/{\mathcal {C}}<1$$ 4 π M / C < 1 (here $${\mathcal {C}}$$ C is the circumference of the smallest ring that can engulf the self-gravitating compact object in all azimuthal directions). It has recently been proved that a necessary condition for the validity of this conjecture in horizonless spacetimes of spatially regular charged compact objects is that the mass $${\mathcal {M}}$$ M be interpreted as the mass contained within the engulfing sphere (and not as the asymptotically measured total ADM mass). In the present paper we raise the following physically intriguing question: is it possible to formulate a unified version of the hoop conjecture which is valid for both black holes and horizonless compact objects? In order to address this important question, we analyze the behavior of the mass-to-circumference ratio of Kerr–Newman black holes. We explicitly prove that if the mass $${\mathcal {M}}$$ M in the hoop relation is interpreted as the quasilocal Einstein–Landau–Lifshitz–Papapetrou and Weinberg mass contained within the black-hole horizon, then these charged and spinning black holes are characterized by the sub-critical mass-to-circumference ratio $$4\pi {\mathcal {M}}/{\mathcal {C}}<1$$ 4 π M / C < 1 . Our results provide evidence for the non-existence of a unified version of the hoop conjecture which is valid for both black-hole spacetimes and spatially regular horizonless compact objects.

Formation of dynamically transversely trapping surfaces and the stretched hoop conjecture

A dynamically transversely trapping surface (DTTS) is a new concept for an extension of a photon sphere that appropriately represents a strong gravity region and has close analogy with a trapped surface. We study formation of a marginally DTTS in time-symmetric, conformally flat initial data with two black holes, with a spindle-shaped source, and with a ring-shaped source, and clarify that $\mathcal{C}\lesssim 6\pi GM$ describes the condition for the DTTS formation well, where $\mathcal{C}$ is the circumference and $M$ is the mass of the system. This indicates that an understanding analogous to the hoop conjecture for the horizon formation is possible. Exploring the ring system further, we find configurations where a marginally DTTS with the torus topology forms inside a marginally DTTS with the spherical topology, without being hidden by an apparent horizon. There also exist configurations where a marginally trapped surface with the torus topology forms inside a marginally trapped surface with the spherical topology, showing a further similarity between DTTSs and trapped surfaces.

Analytical studies on the hoop conjecture in charged curved spacetimes

Recently, with numerical methods, Hod clarified the validity of Thorne hoop conjecture for spatially regular static charged fluid spheres, which were considered as counterexamples against the hoop conjecture. In this work, we provide an analytical proof on Thorne hoop conjecture in the spatially regular static charged fluid sphere spacetimes.