5–9 Jul 2026
University of Canterbury
Pacific/Auckland timezone

Internal instability in charged black holes

8 Jul 2026, 16:20
20m
Room E5 (Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury)

Room E5

Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury

63 Creyke Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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Speaker

Travers Bloemsaat

Description

The stability of the inner structure of an irrotational charged black hole is a significant issue in relativity, serving as a prototype for the much more complicated problem of internal stability of a rotating charged black hole. Linear results suggest that the inner structure of a charged black hole is unstable under gravitational and electromagnetic perturbations. However, non-linear work on the problem has yet to reach a definitive conclusion on the stability. I aim to use a numerical approach based on Friedrich’s general conformal field equations to investigate the stability in the full non-linear picture. I will discuss previous works as well as the current status of the problem. Further, I will outline the numerical approach I am taking and the results obtained so far.

Research Area Mathematical and Numerical Relativity

Author

Travers Bloemsaat

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