Numerical evidence for universality in the excited instability spectrum of magnetically charged Reissner-Nordstr\"om black holes

TL;DR

This paper provides numerical evidence that the excited instability eigenvalues of magnetically charged Reissner-Nordstr"om black holes exhibit a universal relation linking them to the black hole's horizon radii, indicating a common underlying behavior.

Contribution

The study uncovers a universal relation for the excited instability eigenvalues of magnetically charged Reissner-Nordstr"om black holes, supported by numerical analysis.

Findings

Eigenvalues follow a universal relation with horizon radii

Unstable eigenvalues are proportional to the difference of horizon radii

Numerical evidence supports universality in black hole instability spectra

Abstract

It is well-known that the SU(2) Reissner-Nordstr\"om black-hole solutions of the Einstein-Yang-Mills theory are characterized by an infinite set of unstable (imaginary) eigenvalues $\{\omega_n(T_{\text{BH}})\}_{n=0}^{n=\infty}$ (here $T_{\text{BH}}$ is the black-hole temperature). In this paper we analyze the excited instability spectrum of these magnetically charged black holes. The numerical results suggest the existence of a universal behavior for these black-hole excited eigenvalues. In particular, we show that unstable eigenvalues in the regime $\omega_n\ll T_{\text{BH}}$ are characterized, to a very good degree of accuracy, by the simple universal relation $\omega_n(r_+-r_-)={\text{constant}}$, where $r_{\pm}$ are the horizon radii of the black hole.