PIRSA:11100053

Gravitational Turbulent Instability of Anti-de Sitter Space

Santos, J. (2011). Gravitational Turbulent Instability of Anti-de Sitter Space. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11100053

Santos, Jorge. Gravitational Turbulent Instability of Anti-de Sitter Space. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 20, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11100053 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:11100053,
            doi = {10.48660/11100053},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11100053},
            author = {Santos, Jorge},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Gravitational Turbulent Instability of Anti-de Sitter Space},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:11100053 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Jorge Santos University of California, Santa Barbara

DOI 10.48660/11100053
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Bizon and Rostworowski have recently suggested that anti-de Sitter spacetime might be nonlinearly unstable to transfering energy to smaller and smaller scales and eventually forming a small black hole. We consider pure gravity with a negative cosmological constant and find strong support for this idea. While one can start with a single linearized mode and add higher order corrections to construct a nonlinear geon, this is not possible starting with a linear combination of two or more modes. One is forced to add higher frequency modes with growing amplitude. The implications of this turbulent instability for the dual field theory are discussed.