Proof of linear instability of the Reissner-Nordström Cauchy horizon under scalar perturbations

DOI10.1215/00127094-3715189zbMATH Open1373.35306arXiv1501.04598OpenAlexW1829496110MaRDI QIDQ516145FDOQ516145

Authors: Jonathan Luk, Sungjin Oh 

Publication date: 22 March 2017

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It has long been suggested that solutions to linear scalar wave equation ${\displaystyle }$Box_gphi=0${\displaystyle }$ on a fixed subextremal Reissner-Nordstr"om spacetime with non-vanishing charge are generically singular at the Cauchy horizon. We prove that generic smooth and compactly supported initial data on a Cauchy hypersurface indeed give rise to solutions with infinite nondegenerate energy near the Cauchy horizon in the interior of the black hole. In particular, the solution generically does not belong to $W_{loc}^{1,2}$. This instability is related to the celebrated blue shift effect in the interior of the black hole. The problem is motivated by the strong cosmic censorship conjecture and it is expected that for the full nonlinear Einstein-Maxwell system, this instability leads to a singular Cauchy horizon for generic small perturbations of Reissner-Nordstr"om spacetime. Moreover, in addition to the instability result, we also show as a consequence of the proof that Price's law decay is generically sharp along the event horizon.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.04598

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zbMATH Keywords

wave equationblack holesblow up solutioninstability of Cauchy horizonstrong cosmic censorship conjectureReissner-Nordström

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Blow-up in context of PDEs (35B44) Black holes (83C57) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75)

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