Nonlinear interactions between black holes and Proca fields

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Physics beyond the standard model is an important candidate for dark matter, and an interesting testing ground for strong-field gravity: the equivalence principle 'forces' all forms of matter to fall in the same way, and it is therefore natural to look for imprints of these fields in regions with strong gravitational fields, such as compact stars or black holes (BHs). Here we study general relativity minimally coupled to a massive vector field, and how BHs in this theory lose 'hair'. Our results indicate that BHs can sustain Proca field condensates for extremely long time-scales.

Original languageEnglish
Article number234003
JournalClassical and Quantum Gravity
Volume32
Issue number23
Number of pages21
ISSN0264-9381
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • black holes, (nonlinear) stability, numerical relativity, KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION, BARYON NUMBER, INITIAL DATA, ENERGY, NONEXISTENCE, EVOLUTION

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