The `Ups' and `Downs' of a Spinning Black Hole

dc.creatorChambers, Chris M.
dc.creatorHiscock, William A.
dc.creatorTaylor, Brett E.
dc.date1997-10-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:31:48Z
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dc.descriptionWe report and comment upon the principal results of an investigation into the evolution of rotating black holes emitting massless scalar radiation via the Hawking process. It is demonstrated that a Kerr black hole evaporating by the emission of scalar radiation will evolve towards a state with $a \approx 0.555M$. If the initial specific angular momentum is larger than this value the hole will spin down to this value; if it is less it will spin up to this value. The addition of higher spin fields to the picture strongly suggests the final asymptotic state of a realistic evaporation process will be characterized by an $a/M = 0$.
dc.description3 pages (including 3 postscript figures), Latex. Uses mprocl.sty (included). To appear in the proceedings of `The Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity', 22-27 June 1997, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9710013
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9710013
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35994
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleThe `Ups' and `Downs' of a Spinning Black Hole
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