Journal of High Energy Physics (Oct 2022)

Energy extraction from AdS black holes via superradiance

  • Takaaki Ishii,
  • Youka Kaku,
  • Keiju Murata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2022)024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2022, no. 10
pp. 1 – 24

Abstract

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Abstract Superradiance is known as a wave amplification process caused by rotating or charged black holes. We argue that the superradiance of stationary black holes in asymptotically AdS spacetimes can be characterized by the ability of energy extraction. Specifically, we demonstrate that energy can be extracted from Reissner-Nordström-AdS4 and Kerr-AdS4 under appropriate time-dependent boundary conditions at conformal boundaries. This indicates that energy can be extracted from thermal states dual to these black holes by applying appropriate time-dependent sources. We also show that the energy extraction can be realized as a reversible process.

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