[2025] Group Meeting

Black Hole Hair from Scalar Dark Matter

by Suruj Jyoti Das

Asia/Seoul
CTPU seminar room (IBS)

CTPU seminar room

IBS

Description

The classical no‐hair theorems tell us that, under standard assumptions, black holes (BH) cannot support nontrivial scalar “hair”. However, Jacobson earlier noted (arXiv: 9905303) that even with a minimally coupled scalar, i.e. staying within GR,  a BH can acquire scalar hair if the scalar field is time-dependent far from the BH. I will review the paper arXiv: 1904.12803 , where the authors systematically explore the scalar profile around the black hole for different scalar (dark matter) masses. While producing the 1/r profile in the small mass limit, consistent with Jacobson's result, the scalar field has a 1/r^{3/4} profile yielding a pile-up close to the horizon, while distinctive nodes occur for intermediate masses.

Related reference: arXiv:1904.12783