End Point of the Ultraspinning Instability and Violation of Cosmic Censorship

Feb 6, 2017
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 118 (2017) 15, 151103
  • Published: Apr 11, 2017
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Abstract: (APS)
We determine the end point of the axisymmetric ultraspinning instability of asymptotically flat Myers-Perry black holes in D=6 spacetime dimensions. In the nonlinear regime, this instability gives rise to a sequence of concentric rings connected by segments of black membrane on the rotation plane. The latter become thinner over time, resulting in the formation of a naked singularity in finite asymptotic time and hence a violation of the weak cosmic censorship conjecture in asymptotically flat higher-dimensional spaces.
Note:
  • Matches the published version. 4 pages plus references and supplemental material, 8 figures
  • cosmic censorship: violation
  • space-time: dimension: 6
  • black hole: Myers-Perry
  • symmetry: axial
  • stability
  • higher-dimensional
  • singularity
  • nonlinear
  • membrane
  • rotation