Chapter3Charagblackholes
InChapter1,weiheasssingularity,fravitationalcollapse,andsurroundedbyahorizon。ExamplesofsuchobjectsthatarenotspinningarecalledSchwarzschildblackholesandthistermspecifiotesblackholesthataren:inthejargon,theyhavenospin。Simplyput,theonlycharacteristicthatdistinguishesoneSchwarzschildblaaherthanlo)ishowmassiveitis。InChapter7wewilllearnhowblackholesgrowbutfornow,itwillsuffioseuyisthekeyihereisanyrotatiohepre-atter,hehecollapseoccurstherotationratewillinlesssomethingactstostopthathappening)。Thisarisesduetoaremarkablephysiownastheservationofangularmomentum。Thislawisillustratedbyapirouettingskater:asshepullsherarmsinshespihesameway,ifthestarthatgivesrisetotheblackholeisgentlyrotatiheblackholethatitultimatelyformswillbespinningsignifidistermedaKerrblaoststarsareinfag,becausetheythemselvesarefravitationalcollapseofslmassivegasclouds。(Ifsuchagascloudhadeveofiohegcloudwillhavenularmomentum,aeroinglysmallervolumethefinalrotationofthecollapsedobjectmayid。)Thusweseethatrotation,moreonlycalledspiobeaprevalent,ifnotactuallyaubiquitous,characteristicforblackholesthathavejustformedfromtheatter。Wespinisasiableirophysicalblackholesasitisi-daypolitics(thoughiercaseitarisesfromsomethiheservationofangularmomentum!)。
Wehaveasedphysicalparameter,thatularmomentum,isacharacteristicthatdistinguishesoneblaaasmassdoes。Thus,therearetwopropertiesofblackholesthatareimportanttokeepinmihebehaviourofblaassandspin。Inprihirdcharacteristicofblackholesthatmightberelevanttotheirbehaviour:electricalcharge。Thisisalsoaservedquantityinphysidtheforcesbetweericowicforces,haveanumberofresemblaogravitationalforce。Akeysimilarityisthatbothare(escales)examplesofinverse-squarelawsmeaningthat,iwomassiveobjects,asyoudoublethedistaseparatesthemfromohegravitatioheyexperieoaquarterinalvalue。Akeydifferewhilegravityisalwaysattractive,electrostaticchargesareoractive(whewobodiesareoppositelycharged,i。e。oiveaherisheyareatothertimesrepulsive(whenthebodieshaveesighpative,theyrepeleachother)。Iftwedbodieshavethesametypee,theicrepulsioopreventthemg,evenifgravityistendingtoattractthem。Sowhilechargeprihirdpropertyofblackholesthatohopetomeasure,iyachargedblackholewouldberapidlyhesurroundiistherefoodoperationalassumptionthatthereareopropertiesofblackholesthatdistinguishonefromanother:massandspin。That'sall!
Now,youmightwoherblackholescouldbedistiheirighthavebeenformedfrasaheliumgascloud。Whyshoulditbethattheproveheatterthatgaverisetotheblackholeisn'tmahemeasurablepropertiesoftheblackholesubseque'sbeation'tgetoutoftheeventhhtisthemeansbywhiightbetrawehavealreadyseeniitotesihorizonofablackhole。Thusthechemipositiohatfellintotheblackholeoeffethepropertiesoftheblackholeasdetermiheoutside。Itwouldtothinkofgravityassomethiogetoutof'theblackhole。Theuedexistenceofagravitatioernaltotheblaethingthatislaiddowionoftheblackholeasspacetimebeesdistorted。Noinflueniheblackholegetheexterertheeventhorizonhasformed。
Blackholeshavenohair
Wheodesotherperson,adistinguishingcharacteristicthatisofteheirhair(forexample,strawberryblreyorchocolatebrown)。Therearesometimesthenatureofpeople'shairasteortheirnationality。InformationaboutfurtherphysicalcharacteristicssuassIndex'mightprovideinformatio。Intrasttohumans,blackholesareehaveabsolutelynodistinguishingcharacteristicsotherthantheirmassandtheirspiihereasonsnotedabove)。ThisiscapturediphraseBlackholeshavenohair',edbyJohoemphasizethatthereisnothingaboutablackholethatbearsahesprogenitorstar。Notitsshape,notitslumpislasmagitschemiposition。Nothing。Calsdoneby,amoheBelarusianphysicistYakovZel'dovistratedthatifaarysurfacecollapsedtoformablackhole,itseventhorizonwouldultimatelysettledowntoasmoothequilibriumshapehavingnolumpsorbumpsofanykind。So,ablaeverhasabadhairday!Theonlythingsyouowaboutitareitsmassandspin。
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&hemostremarkablefeatureofaspinningblackholeisthatthegravitationalfieldpullsobjedtheblackhole'saxisofrotatioowardsitstre。Thiseffectiscalledframedragging。AparticledroppedradiallyontoaKerrblackholewilla-radial(i。e。rotating)posofmotionasitfallsfreelyintheblackhole'sgravitationalfield。
Whatthismeansforatestpartigspin(suchasasmallgyroscope)isthatifitfallsfreelytmassivebody,suchasaKerrblackhole,itwillacquireagetoitsspinaxis。Itisasthoughitslocalframeofreferencewasdraggedbytherotatioralmassivebody。Thisphenomenon,dis1918,calledtheLehirriuallyootjustaroundblackholes,buttosomeextentaroundanyspi。Ifyouputaveryprecisegyrosorbitarouheframedraggihegyroscopetoprecess。
ItisEinstein'sfieldequatiohemathematicsofblackholesand,asalsomentionedinChapter1,KarlSchwarzschildsolvedtheseequationsforthecaseofthestationary(n)blaarkableatgivehisin1915,thesameyearthatEiroducedhisgeheoryofrelativity。ThecaseofthespinningblackholewastreatedmuchlaterbyNewZealanderRoyKerrin1965。Afewyearsafterthis,theAustralianBrandonCarterexploredKerr'ssolutioill。CartercarriedoutahiionintothecesoftheKerrmetric。Heestablishedthataspinningblackholecausesadramatigvortexiimethatsurroundsitwhicharisesbecauseofthereferenceframe。Anexampleofavortexisawhirlwihetreofthewhirlwindtheairsidly,gwithitanythinginitspath,beithayinahayfieldorsa。Furtherfromthewhirlwindtheair(andhencehayorsand)rotatesmuchmoreslowly。Soitistoo,withspacetimesurroundingaspinningblackhole:farawayfromtheeventhorizowhichspacetimeitselfrotatesisslow,butatthehorizoselfspinswiththesamespeedthatthehorizonspins。
&horizonforthespinning(Kerr)blauchthesameasforanon-spinning(Schwarzschild)blackhole,exceptthatthefastertheblackholeisspihegravitatioialwell:aKerrblasadeepergravitatioialwellthanaSchwarzschildblaemass,andthereforeaKerrblackholebeamysouranon-spitowhichwereturnihemeaishelpfultosummarizethisbehaviourbysayihorizonofaSchwarzschildblackholedependsonlyonmass,butthatofaKerrblackholedependsonbothmassandspin。
Anoutstaioherecouldbe,eveninprinyspagularitiesthatarenotehinandhiddehorizons-aso-akedsingularity'。Bydefinition,allblackholesolutioeiiohorizonsand,asshoter1,nolightandthereforenoinformationeswithinsus。Allblackholesingularitiesarebelievedtobeehihorizonsanaked',sothatdireationaboutthesingularityisinaccessiblefromtherestoftheUheso-isorshipjecturewasformulatedbytheBritishmathematiRogerPeesthatallspagularitiesfularinitialsarehiddehorizonsandthattherearenonakedsiinspace。
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Thereisalimittohowmugularmomentumablackholehave。Thislimitdependsonthemassoftheblackhole,sothatamoremassiveblackholefasterthanalessmassiveblackhole。AblackholethatisrotatihismaximumlimitisknowremeKerrblackhole。ItispossibletoshowthatifyoutrytospinupablaakearemeKerrblackhole,byfiringrapidlyrotati(i。e。givingitastir)therifugalfortthematterfromeveheeventhorizon。
&heroutfromtheeventhorizblackholeisannifitmathematicalsurfacewhiowiclimit。Thedraggiialframesmeansthatifthespinofthemassivebodyisherearenostationaryobserversihissurface:everyphysicallyrealizablereferehestaticlimitmustrotate。Withinthissurface,spaningsofastthatlightitselfhastorotatewiththeblackhole,i。e。itisimpossibletoremaiheregioatidtheeventhorizonisknownastheergosphere,whichratherglyisnotspherical,asshowninFigure10。Iorialdirestheergosphereismuchlargerthahorizon,butinthepolardirestheradiusosphereisthesameastheradiusoftheeventhorizshapeosphereisanoblatesphertheshapeofaJarrahdalepumpkin(withoutthestalk)。Thefirsttwosyllablesosphere,however,theGreekntoworky'(asinergonomiwhichtheolduheerg,isalsoderived。Itisintriguiinadditireekverbergowhistoendkeepariatelyfortheheergosphere。PerhapsthismayhavebeeninthemindserPenroseariosChristodoulouwhodedthehisregionaroundaspinningblackhole。Theimportaheergosphereisthatitistheregionwithinwhiergybeextractedawayfromtheblackhole。
10。ThedifferentsurfadaSchwarzschild(stationary)bladaroundaKerr(spinning)blackhole(ilyusedrepresentationofBoyer-Lindquist'ates)。
&heergospherespaning,partiatteracealsogetsweptupintoarotationalmotioatiyisthereforestoredinthisrotationofspace,averyimportantpointtowhichwereturninChapter8。
Whiteholesandwormholes
&eiioivityareparticularlyridallowmaialternativeversionsofcurvedspacetime。Thisprovidesanalmostiiblesourceofpossibleuniversesfiststodesdthinkabout。Whichtypeofuuallyliveinisamatterthatlybedecidedbyobservation(ifatall!)。Butthatdoesn'tstopmathematicalphysicistsplayingaroueiionstofindallkindssolutions。
&riguibedreamtupbymathematicalphysicistsiswhatiscalledawhitehole。Awhiteholebehavesjustlikeablackholebutwiththedireereversed(imagineamovieplayedbackwards)。Iterbeiisspewedout。Iheeventhionfromwhistakesionintowhigcouldevereerexitsfromawhitehole,iteverreturirefutureisoutside。AsweseeinChapter6,ablackholeisformedfromagstarauallyevaporatebythelawsofquantummetoHawkingradiatioer5)。Awhitehole,oherhand,lyresultfromradiationthatforsomereasonspontaneouslyassemblesintoablackhole。ItisouandhowthiscouldhappeninpradmlasEardleyhasdemowhiteholesareiable。
&einandhisstudentNathanRaroueiioheyfouingsolutiioimecouldbestromightbepossibleforittobeesuffitlyfoldedthattacetimereviouslybeeedbyalargedistaneectedbyasmallbridge,orwormhole,asshowniheenormousdistaarsandgalaxieshavealwaysbeenunfavourableforthoseishtosethumandramasonaidwormholes(alsokein-Res)haveprovidedtheperfegdeviceforwriterstotransporttheirheroesandvillainsabout。Thismathematitionhasbeenaothewritersofs,becauseitprovidesareadymeansfenormousdistahroughspadtherebytosustainvarioushighlyartifidunbelievableplotdevices。Yetagain,wehaveiowormholesactuallyexistinourUniverse。Inaddition,thereissiderabletheoreticethatawormhole,oned,wouldablef。Itseemsthattokeepawormholeproppedopen,oneneedsalargeamouiveeer,andallnormalmatterhaspositiveehisisectedwiththefactthatgravityisnormallyalwaysattraatterpassingthroughawormholemaybeenoughtodestabilizea,gittoturnintoablackholesingularity。
11。Awormholegtwootherwiseseparateregioime。
Ifwormholesdidexist,andaintainedforanyreasoime,theywouldhavesaies。Notonlywouldtheyprovideameansfanenormousshortcutacrossavastexpanseofspace,buttheywouldalsoallowatravellertojourneybatime。Oherue-likecurves,loopsiimeinwhichthelightaring(seeFigure12)sothat,likeinthemDay,apersaloime-likeplyrepeattheirsameexperiencesoverandain。
Infact,thereareanumberofsolutioeiionsinadditiontowormholeswhichhavethisalarmingaiveproperty。In1949,themathematiKurtG?elfoundasolutionthatdescribedaspinninguhissexactlythesamesortofe-likecurveswhichpassthrougheventsagainandagaininanendlessGroundhogDaycycle。(Evidentlyfreewill'isnotpartofthefieldequatiooftheKerrsolutionthoughttohavegenuinephysiifitherealworldisthatwhichdescribesthespacetimeoutsideoftheeventhorizoisuhepartoftheKerrsolutioheeventhorizoid,hasanyphysicalrelevahispartoftheKerrsolution,thesingularityisnotapoint(asitisforthenblackhole)buthastheformofarapidlyr(however,thephysicalvalidityisveryspeculative)。Thisring-likesingularityissurroundedbye-likesuchacurve,yourfutureisalsoinyourpastandyouhavethetheoreticalpossibilityonerasbeforetheyhadproducedyourparents!Thustheexistene-likecurvesseemstocreatethepossibilityofallkindsofparadtotimetravel。Onepossiblesolutiontothisistoadmitthatwedoheorythatlinksquantummeics(whichdescribestheverysmall)aivity(whichdescribestheverymassive),inotherwordsatheoryofquantumgravity。Wedon'tknowthephysielymassivebutverysmallobjects。MostphysikweofullyuhebehaviourofspacetimeveryclosetosihusitmaybethatthesestraioeiionsdonotactuallyotheUheyareprohibitedbyitsfualquantummeature。Quasmay,forexample,destabilizewormholes。StephenHawkiobethedhascalledthispriheologyProtejecture'。HehasquippedthatthisistheunderlyingprikeepstheUniversesafeforhistorians。
12。Ae-likeloop,onwhichyourfuturebeesyourpast。
Thereismuchabouttheinteriblackholesthatpushesoffualphysiitsaowheremuchofourdesishighlyspeculative。Bytrast,therotationofblackholesaontheirsurroundingsissomethingthathasenormouspractiifiderstandingwhatweseewithourtelescopes。Thusourosiderihappenstomatterwhenitfallsintoablackhole。