Spin-Induced Black Hole Spontaneous Scalarization

Dima, A; Barausse, E; Franchini, N; Sotiriou, TP

Dima, A (corresponding author), SISSA, Via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy.; Dima, A (corresponding author), Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, Trieste, Italy.; Dima, A (corresponding author), IFPU Inst Fundamental Phys Universe, Via Beirut 2, I-34014 Trieste, Italy.

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2020; 125 (23):

Abstract

We study scalar fields in a black hole background and show that, when the scalar is suitably coupled to curvature, rapid rotation can induce a tachyon......

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