Black Hole as a Window to Higher-Dimensional Gravity Cosmophysics Group, IPNS, KEK Hideo Kodama Black Hole and Singularity Workshop at TIFR, 3 – 10 March 2006
Contents 4D black holes Black holes in higher dimensions Instabilities Rigidity, uniqueness, stability Cosmic censorship, singularities Black holes in higher dimensions Static black holes, generalised Weyl formulation Black ring, non-uniqueness SUGRA version, soliton method, black saturn Instabilities Gregory-Laflamme instability Instability of higher-dimensional black holes Brane world black hole Discussions
Black Holes in Four Dimensions
What Is A Black Hole? Definition(?) Why does it exist? Examples Mathematical: the outside of the causal past of a global hyperbolic domain of outer-communication. Practical: a spacetime region whose boundary is a stationary null surface (=a Killing horizon). Why does it exist? Examples Schwarzschild bh (1916) Reissner-Nordstrom bh (1916) Kerr bh (1963) Kerr-Newman bh (1965)
Rigidity Theorems Rotating black holes Rigidity Static black holes Some symmetry requirement higher symmetries Static black holes [Israel 1967; Bunting, Masood-ul-alam 1987] Cf. Birkhoff’s theorem: spherically symmetric static Cf. The corresponding statement about a normal star has not been proved in general relativity yet. Rotating black holes [Hawking 1973; Chrusciel 1996] A regular static non-degenerate black hole in (electro-)vacuum is spherically symmetric. A regular stationary rotating black hole in (electro-)vacuum is axisymmetric.
Topology of Black Holes Positive Energy Theorem The horizon of a non-degenerate static black hole is connected. Topological Censorship Theorem Each connected component of the horizon of a 4D black hole is a sphere. An asymptotically flat regular (black hole) spacetime has a non-negative mass if the dominant energy condition is satisfied. In particular, it is flat if the ADM mass on an initial surface is zero. [Schoen, Yau 1979] The domain of outer communication (the region outside a black hole) is simply connected if the strong energy condition is satisfied and the spacetime is asymptotically flat. [Friedman, Schleich, Witt 1993]
Uniqueness Theorems Static Black Holes Rotating Black Holes [Israel 1967, Bunting-Masood-ul-Alam 1987] Rotating Black Holes [Hawking, Carter 1972; Mazur 1982, Chrusciel 1996] An asymptotically flat, regular, non-degenerate and static black hole in electrovacu spacetime is spherically symmetric and uniquely determined by mass and charge (Reissner-Nordstrom solution).. An asymptotically flat, regular analytic, stationary and rotating black hole in electrovacu spacetime is axisymmetric and uniquely determined by mass, charge and angular momentum (Kerr-Newman solution), if the horizon is connected.
Physical Implications Stability Schwarzschild/Reissner-Nordstrom black holes [Vishveshwara 1970; Chandrasekar 1983] Kerr black hole [Whiting 1989] Weak Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis Cf. Singularity Theorem [Penrose, Hawking 1965-70] Predictability in astrophysics Singularities formed by gravitational collapse will be hidden inside horizon. [ Penrose 1969] Black holes in accretion disks and at galactic centres will be well described by the Kerr(-Newman) solution.
Horizon and singularity of the TS2 Kodama & Hikida, Class.Quant.Grav.20:5121-5140,2003
Classification of Regular AF BHs in Four Dimensions Static Rotating Non-deg. Degen. Connected horizon Multiple-horizons Vacuum ○ S None ○ K ?Weinstein fam. EM ○ RN △ MP ○ KN EM+Dilaton ○ GM ? EM+harm. scalar EM+Dirac YM ✕ 3 families Skyrme ✕ 2 families
Black Holes in Higher Dimensions
What are Different in Higher Dimensions? Gravitational potential No stable Kepler orbit (and no stable atom) if the spacetime dimension is higher than 4. Topological properties Topological censorship theorem holds in higher dimensions as well. However, there are a veriety of closed manifolds of dimesion 3 or higher that are cobordant to a sphere by a simply connected manifold.
Static AF Black Holes are Unique and Stable Vacuum: unique (Tangherlini-Schwarzschild) [S. Hwang(1998), Rogatko(2003)] Tangherlini-Schwarzschild bh: stable [Ishibashi & Kodama 2003] Einstein-Maxwell: unique (HD RN or Majumdar-Papapetrou) [Gibbons, Ida & Shiromizu(2002), Rogatko(2003)] Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton system (non-degenerate): unique (Gibbons-Maeda sol) [Gibbons, Ida & Shiromizu(2002)] Einstein-Harmonic scalar system (non-degenerate): unique (Tangherlini-Schwarzschild) [Rogatko (2002)]
Generalised Weyl Formulation For RD-2 symmetric spacetime of dimension D, the Einstein equations reduce to a linear PDE system: Utilising this formulation in four dimensions, we can construct the Israel-Kahn solutions that represent chains of black holes supported by struts or strings, as superpositions of Schwarzschild black holes. strut
Static Black Ring Solution In five dimensions, utilising the generalised Weyl formulation, we can construct a static asymptotically flat black hole solution whose horizon has non-trivial topology S1£ S2 : [Emparan, Reall 2002]
Rotating Regular Black Ring Solution The membrane singularity of a black ring can be removed by rotation. [Emparen, Reall 2002] Asymptotically flat regular solution with two parameters: R, Non-trivial horizon topology: S1£ S2 Rotating in a special 2-plane (in the S1 direction). where 0<<1. Non-unique: the parameter can not be uniquely determined only by the asymptotic conserved ‘charges’ M and J.
Rotating Black Holes Are Not Unique For the 5-dim vacuum system, there exist two families of stationary 'axisymmetric' regular solutions: Myers-Perry solution (1986): 3 params, horizon Emparan-Reall solution (2002): 2 params, horizon
Infinite Non-uniqueness Black Rings with Dipole Charges For the Einstein-Maxwell(-Dilaton) system, there exists a continuous family of regular black ring solutions parametrized by a dipole charge Q for fixed mass and angular momenta [Emparan (2004)] The dipole charge Q appears in the thermodynamic formula:
Supersymmetric Black Rings Rigidity theorem Rigidity theorem still holds in higher dimensions, but only guarantees the existence of one spatial U(1) symmetry. [Hollands, Ishibashi, Wald 2006] Since the ER solution and the 5D MP solution have the spatial U(1)x U(1) symmetry, it was conjectured that there would be a less symmetric new solution. [Reall 2002] Reduction to a linear system for BPS solutions General supersymmetric solutions to the minimal and extended 5-dim SUGRA were completely classified. [Gauntlett et al 2003] A subfamily of these solutions can be described by a set of harmonic functions. Superpositions of black rings and holes Utilising this formulation; a supersymmetric black ring solution in 5D with J 0 and J0 was found. [Elvang, Emparan, Mateos, Reall 2004] Solutions with only one spatial U(1) symmetry were constructed by superpositions of black rings solutions.[Gauntlett, Gutowski 2004]
General Vacuum Black Ring Belinsky-Sakharov method A systematic method to derive a new solution from a given solution by adding solitons utilising the inverse scattering type formulation; this method can be applied to spacetimes with R D-2 symmetry. In four dimensions, this method was not so useful to obtain a new regular black hole solution because of the uniqueness theorem. In five dimensions, we can use this method to obtain new regular black hole/ring solutions. [Mishima, Iguchi, Tomizawa 2006] Pomeranski-Senkov solution A rotating black ring solution with J 0 and J0 was constructed by this method. [Pomeranski, Senkov 2006] The regularity of this solution has not been exactly shown yet.
Black Saturn A superposition of a black hole and a black ring can be constructed by the Belinsky-Sakharov method. [ Elvang, Figueras 2007] A family of regular asymptotically flat vacuum solutions with 4 independent parameters in 5 dimensions. The horizon is a disjoint sum of S3 and S2£ S1 . There exists a non-static subfamily with vanishing total angular momentum and one extra parameter in addition to mass. For these solutions, the central black hole and the black ring are counter rotating.
Instabilities
Black Brane Direct-product-type spacetime Vacuum Einstein equations For D ≤ 4, possible solutions are locally For D ≥ 5, there are infinitely many solutions if m ≥ 4: e.g.
Gregory-Laflamme Instability Black branes are unstable against S-mode perturbations with [Gregory & Laflamme 1993]
The effective potential V has a negative region for
Implication of Gregory-Laflamme Instability Non-uniqueness of black holes in spacetimes SxM [Kudoh & Wiseman 2003, 2004]
Fate of Instability Naked Singularities Due to the famous theorem by Hawking and Ellis, a black hole horizon cannot bifurcate without formation of naked singularities. Further, it was shown that even if naked singularities are allowed, a black string cannot be pinched off to localised black holes within a finite affine time. [Horowitz & Maeda 2001] Nevertheless, some people argue that such a pinching off can be realised in a finite time with respect to some observers. Kaluza-Klein Bubbles In addition to the black string, non-uniform black string and caged black holes, there is a large family of solutions consisting of black holes and static Kaluza-Klein bubbles [Elvang & Horowitz 2003;Elvang, Harmark & Obers 2005]
Instability of Rotating BH and BR Rapidly rotating black holes may be unstable in higher dimensions. The metric of the MP solution rotating in a 2-dim plane approaches a black membrane solution near the ‘rotation axis’ in the high rotation limit for D>5. [Emparan, Myers 2003] An asymptotically AdS black hole rotating in a special way is unstable when the angular momentum is sufficiently large. [Kunduri, Lucietti, Reall 2006] Cf. An asymptotically AdS black hole rotating in a 2-dim plane is stable for the same type of perturbations when || is sufficiently large. [HK 2007] Sufficiently thin black rings will be unstable. In the thin limit, the Emparan-Reall solution approaches a boosted black string solution. [Emparan, Reall 2002]
Braneworld Model A braneworld model provides another method of dimensional reduction Our universe is realised as a hypersurface called a brane in a bulk spacetime. Low energy matter lives only In the brane, while gravity lives in the bulk. In the Randal-Sundrum model, the bulk is an anti-de Sitter spacetime with Z2 symmetry, and the brane is the fixed hypersurface of this symmetry.
Braneworld Black Hole 4-dim Braneworld Model SO(2) symmetric static regular bh solution is obtained from a half of the C-metric. The conic singularity associated with a string is hidden behind the brane.[Empran,Gregory,Santos 2001] 5-dim Braneworld Model SO(3) symmetric static regular bh solution yet to be found should have naked singularity or non-compact horizon back behind the brane, provided that a regular static AdS bh is unique. [Chamblin,Hawking,Reall 2000;Kodama 2002] The existence of an tublar horizon extending to infinity is quite likely. This suggests the instability of the solution. [Kodama 2007]
Discussions
Implications In higher dimensions, black holes are far from unique and often unstable. ⇒ Higher-dimensional classical gravity is quite rich and fascinating. There may not exist ‘a final state’ for classical gravitational collapse in higher dimensions (at least if supersymmetry is broken). This feature together with quantum physics may explain the four-dimensionality of the low energy world. In the AdS/CFT perspective, this implies the non-existence of thermal equilibrium states in CFTs or the severe break down of the AdS/CFT correspondence when SUSY is violated.
Open Problems Black Hole Classification Black Hole/Brane Stability For each horizon topology, is there a single continuous family of black holes? How large is the maximum number of parameters characterising a black hole/ring family ? Is there a black ring solution for D>5 ? Is there an asymptotically AdS black ring? Black Hole/Brane Stability What is the fate of the Gregory-Laflamme instability? Are Myers-Perry solutions and black ring solutions stable? Does the horizon area really provide a criteria for stability? Develop a tractible formulation for perturbations of a rotating black hole/ring in higher dimensions