
Scalar Perturbation Around Rotating Regular Black Hole: Superradiance Instability
and Quasinormal Modes
Zhen Li∗
DARK, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Jagtvej 128, 2200 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
(Dated: January 25, 2023)
Black holes provide a natural laboratory to study particle physics and astrophysics. When black
holes are surrounded by matter fields, there will be plenty of phenomena which can have observa-
tional consequences, from which we can learn about the matter fields as well as black hole spacetime.
In this work, we investigate the massive scalar field in the vicinity of a newly proposed rotating reg-
ular black hole inspired by quantum gravity. We will especially investigate how this non-singular
spactime will affect the superradiance instability and quasinormal modes of the scalar filed. We
derive the superradiant conditions and the amplification factor by using the Matching-asymptotic
Method, and the quasinormal modes are computed through Continued Fraction Method. In the
Kerr limit, the results are in excellent agreements with previous research. We also demonstrate
how the quasinormal modes will change as a function of black hole spin, regularity described by a
parameter kand scalar field mass respectively, with other parameters taking specific values.
I. INTRODUCTION
Our current best understanding on gravitational inter-
action is described by general relativity (GR). The recent
observation of gravitational waves [1–3] and black hole
shadows[4,5] provide even more evidences on this fasci-
nating theory. However, GR also faces several challenges,
such as, the incompatibility between GR and quantum
theory [6], the singularities [7,8], the late time accelera-
tion of the universe and so on [9–11]. Among these, the
singularities in classical GR are most severe. Because it
is widely belief that singularities do not exist in nature,
rather they reveal the limitations of GR. Therefore, the
idea of regular black holes may provide a solution or a
trial to the singularity problem. The regular black holes
are the solutions that have horizons and non-singular
at the origin, and their curvature invariants are regular
everywhere[12–16]. A novel spherical symmetric regu-
lar black hole proposed in [17–19] and reformulated in
[20] is a very promising solution to the singularity prob-
lem. Later it has also been generalized to the rotating
axisymmetric scenario[21–23]. The exponential conver-
gence factor is used in these regular black holes, which is
also used in formulation of the quantum gravity[24].
Scalar filed play a crucial role in the fundamental
physics as well as astrophysics, like the inflation field
[25–27] and also in the dark energy models[28]. Dark
matter could also be a kind of scalar field, especially,
the ultralight scalar field dark matter could have some
advantages over the standard Lambda cold dark matter
model[29]. When the Compton wavelength of the scalar
field particles are comparable to the characteristic size
of the black hole horizon, they can efficiently extract ro-
tational energy from rotating black holes through super-
radiance instabilities and form macroscopic quasinormal
condensates[30,31]. This provide a unique way and nat-
∗zhen.li@nbi.ku.dk
ural laboratory to detect the ultralight scalar field par-
ticles through black hole observations, for example, they
will leave imprints on the gravitational waves[32,33]. Be-
cause of this and its importance in black hole physics, su-
perradiance recently attracts plenty of attention from sci-
ence community, and physicists have performed investi-
gation in many different aspects and scenarios[34–50]. It
is also worth to mention that there are alternative mech-
anisms for energy extraction from a rotating black hole,
such as Penrose process[51,52], the Blandford-Znajek
process[53], magnetic reconnection process[54–56] and so
on, which may also produce (charged) scalar field parti-
cles.
Thus, to study the phenomenology of scalar field
around rotating regular black holes will provide us much
more insights on both gravity, astrophysics and parti-
cle physics. Usually, the scalar filed will be taken as a
test field or perturbation filed such that it will not shift
the black hole background spacetime. There are some
related works on this topic but with different focus or
regular spacetime[57–59]. In this work, we will study
the superradiance instabilities and quasinormal modes of
scalar field around the newly proposed rotating regular
black hole[21–23]. We will demonstrate how the regu-
lar parameter affects the superradiance and quasinormal
modes.
The structure of this paper is as follows: In Section.II,
we will introduce the rotating regular black hole space-
time. In Section.III, we will solve the massive Klein-
Gordon equation in this spacetime, and obtained the ra-
dial and angular equations. Then, in Section.IV, we will
analysis the superradiance instabilities and compute the
amplification factor. Then, in Section.V, we will compute
the quasinormal modes by Continued Fraction method,
we also demonstrate how the quasinormal modes will
change as a function of black hole spin, regular parame-
ter and scalar field mass respectively. In Section.VI, we
will make a conclusion and discussion.
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