Curvature induced scalarization of Kerr-Newman black hole spacetimes

Abstract

With certain nonminimal coupling between a massless scalar field and the Gauss-Bonnet curvature invariant in the extended scalar-tensor-Gauss-Bonnet (ESTGB) field theory, tachyonic instability of the Kerr-Newman (KN) black hole is promoted. Critical spin and charge for the onset of the spontaneous scalarization phenomenon for the KN black hole are calculated in the infinitely large coupling limit. Then the analytical formula for the coupling-strength-dependent critical existence line is obtained for the black-hole-scalar-field configuration in a finite large coupling regime. Moreover, numerical methods are used to perform threshold curves that are boundaries between bald KN black holes and their hairy counterparts. Intriguingly, we get to know the KN black hole can be scalarized in the vanishing spin limit in ESTGB theory.