A no-go theorem shows that negative effective mass squared for the vector field in vector-tensor gravity always accompanies ghost or gradient instabilities, blocking spontaneous vectorization in stationary axisymmetric black holes.
Interpreting the C-metric
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The basic properties of the C-metric are well known. It describes a pair of causally separated black holes which accelerate in opposite directions under the action of forces represented by conical singularities. However, these properties can be demonstrated much more transparently by making use of recently developed coordinate systems for which the metric functions have a simple factor structure. These enable us to obtain explicit Kruskal-Szekeres-type extensions through the horizons and construct two-dimensional conformal Penrose diagrams. We then combine these into a three-dimensional picture which illustrates the global causal structure of the space-time outside the black hole horizons. Using both the weak field limit and some invariant quantities, we give a direct physical interpretation of the parameters which appear in the new form of the metric. For completeness, relations to other familiar coordinate systems are also discussed.
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The NLO/NNLO small-c (Carroll) expansion of GR admits a rich stationary vacuum sector with rotating Lense-Thirring-type, C-metric-type, Hartle-Thorne-type, and higher-multipole solutions, going beyond the static magnetic Carroll truncation.
Angular eigenvalues of the extreme charged C-metric are computed analytically via a confluent limit of SU(2)×SU(2) quiver gauge theory, matching numerical results.
Eikonal quasinormal modes for accelerating black holes are determined by the angular velocity and Lyapunov exponent of null geodesics, yielding universal greybody factors for any spin and explicit shadow radii that reduce to the Reissner-Nordström case when acceleration vanishes.
New exact solutions to d-dimensional Einstein-scalar gravity are generated in Weyl form that incorporate multipolar scalars and magnetic fields, with limits matching scalar versions of Schwarzschild-Melvin and Fisher-Janis-Newman-Winicour spacetimes.
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No-go theorem for spontaneous vectorization
A no-go theorem shows that negative effective mass squared for the vector field in vector-tensor gravity always accompanies ghost or gradient instabilities, blocking spontaneous vectorization in stationary axisymmetric black holes.
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Stationary solutions in the small-$c$ expansion of GR
The NLO/NNLO small-c (Carroll) expansion of GR admits a rich stationary vacuum sector with rotating Lense-Thirring-type, C-metric-type, Hartle-Thorne-type, and higher-multipole solutions, going beyond the static magnetic Carroll truncation.
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Decoupling Limit of Quiver Theories and the Angular Spectra of Extreme C-metrics
Angular eigenvalues of the extreme charged C-metric are computed analytically via a confluent limit of SU(2)×SU(2) quiver gauge theory, matching numerical results.
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Eikonal quasinormal modes, greybody factors and shadow of charged accelerating black holes
Eikonal quasinormal modes for accelerating black holes are determined by the angular velocity and Lyapunov exponent of null geodesics, yielding universal greybody factors for any spin and explicit shadow radii that reduce to the Reissner-Nordström case when acceleration vanishes.
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Weyl-type solutions with multipolar scalar fields
New exact solutions to d-dimensional Einstein-scalar gravity are generated in Weyl form that incorporate multipolar scalars and magnetic fields, with limits matching scalar versions of Schwarzschild-Melvin and Fisher-Janis-Newman-Winicour spacetimes.
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