Topological Appearance of Event Horizon: What Is the Topology of the Event Horizon That We Can See?
Masaru Siino

TL;DR
This paper investigates the possible topologies of event horizons in black holes, revealing that non-spherical topologies are stable and generic, and discusses their relation to the hoop conjecture and observational implications.
Contribution
It demonstrates that non-trivial event horizon topologies are stable and generic, challenging the common belief that they are always spherical.
Findings
Non-trivial TOEH are caused by the crease set of the EH.
Spherical TOEH is unstable under linear perturbation.
TOEH with handles is stable and generic.
Abstract
The topology of the event horizon (TOEH) is usually believed to be a sphere. Nevertheless, some numerical simulations of gravitational collapse with a toroidal event horizon or the collision of event horizons are reported. Considering the indifferentiability of the event horizon (EH), we see that such non-trivial TOEHs are caused by the set of endpoints (the crease set) of the EH. The two-dimensional (one-dimensional) crease set is related to the toroidal EH (the coalescence of the EH). Furthermore, examining the stability of the structure of the endpoints, it becomes clear that the spherical TOEH is unstable under linear perturbation. On the other hand, a discussion based on catastrophe theory reveals that the TOEH with handles is stable and generic. Also, the relation between the TOEH and the hoop conjecture is discussed. It is shown that the Kastor-Traschen solution is regarded as a…
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