Destabilization of Black Holes and Stars by Generalized Proca Fields

Garcia-Saenz，Sebastian1,3; Held，Aaron1; Zhang，Jun1,2

2021-09-24

10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.131104

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS   影响因子和分区

0031-9007

1079-7114

We demonstrate that black holes and stars in general relativity can be destabilized by perturbations of nonminimally coupled vector fields. Focusing on static and spherically symmetric backgrounds, our analysis shows that black holes with sufficiently small mass and stars with sufficiently high densities are subject to ghost- or gradient-type instabilities. This holds for a large class of Einstein-Proca theories with nonminimal couplings, including generalized Proca models that have sparked attention for their potential role in cosmology and astrophysics. The stability criteria translate into bounds of relevance for low-scale theories of dark energy and for ultralight dark matter scenarios.

SCI ; EI

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其他

WOS:000704678800003

20213910958556

Astrophysics ; Gravitation ; Relativity ; Stability criteria

Extraterrestrial Physics and Stellar Phenomena:657.2 ; System Stability:731.4 ; Gravitation, Relativity and String Theory:931.5 ; Systems Science:961

PHYSICS

2-s2.0-85115888783

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1.Theoretical Physics,Blackett Laboratory,Imperial College London,London,SW7 2AZ,United Kingdom
2.Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe,Department of Physics,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Urbana,61801,United States
3.Department of Physics,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China

Garcia-Saenz，Sebastian,Held，Aaron,Zhang，Jun. Destabilization of Black Holes and Stars by Generalized Proca Fields[J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,2021,127(13).

Garcia-Saenz，Sebastian,Held，Aaron,&Zhang，Jun.(2021).Destabilization of Black Holes and Stars by Generalized Proca Fields.PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,127(13).

Garcia-Saenz，Sebastian,et al."Destabilization of Black Holes and Stars by Generalized Proca Fields".PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 127.13(2021).