Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8186860 | Physics Letters B | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Highly spinning Kerr black holes with masses M=1-100Mâ are subject to an efficient superradiant instability in the presence of bosons with masses μâ¼10â10-10â12eV. We observe that this matches the effective plasma-induced photon mass in diffuse galactic or intracluster environments (Ïplâ¼10â10-10â12eV). This suggests that bare Kerr black holes within galactic or intracluster environments, possibly even including the ones produced in recently observed gravitational wave events, are unstable to formation of a photon cloud that may contain a significant fraction of the mass of the original black hole. At maximal efficiency, the instability timescale for a massive vector is milliseconds, potentially leading to a transient rate of energy extraction from a black hole in principle as large as â¼1055ergsâ1. We discuss possible astrophysical effects this could give rise to, including a speculative connection to Fast Radio Bursts.
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Authors
Joseph P. Conlon, Carlos A.R. Herdeiro,