Published November 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Superradiance and black hole bomb in five-dimensional minimal ungauged supergravity

  • 1. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Yeni Yüzyıl University, Cevizlibağ-Topkapı, Istanbul, 34010 Turkey (Turkey)

Description

We examine the black hole bomb model which consists of a rotating black hole of five-dimenensional minimal ungauged supergravity and a reflecting mirror around it. For low-frequency scalar perturbations, we find solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation in the near-horizon and far regions of the black hole spacetime. To avoid solutions with logarithmic terms, we assume that the orbital quantum number l takes on nearly, but not exactly, integer values and perform the matching of these solutions in an intermediate region. This allows us to calculate analytically the frequency spectrum of quasinormal modes, taking the limits as l approaches even or odd integers separately. We find that all l modes of scalar perturbations undergo negative damping in the regime of superradiance, resulting in exponential growth of their amplitudes. Thus, the model under consideration would exhibit the superradiant instability, eventually behaving as a black hole bomb in five dimensions

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/11/029

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2014
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 029
ISSN
1475-7516