Can a black hole that suffers a superradiant instability evolve towards a 'hairy' configuration which is stable? We address this question in the context of Einstein-charged scalar field theory. First, we describe a family of static black hole solutions which possess charged scalar-field hair confined within a mirror-like boundary. Next, we derive a set of equations which govern the linear, spherically symmetric perturbations of these hairy solutions. We present numerical evidence which suggests that, unlike the vacuum solutions, the (single-node) hairy solutions are stable under linear perturbations. Thus, it is plausible that stable hairy black holes represent the end-point of the superradiant instability of electrically-charged Reissner-Nordström black holes in a cavity; we outline ways to explore this hypothesis.

We present new regular solutions of Einstein-charged-scalar-field theory in a cavity. The system is enclosed inside a reflecting mirrorlike boundary, on which the scalar field vanishes. The mirror is placed at the zero of the scalar field closest to the origin, and inside this boundary our solutions are regular. We study the stability of these solitons under linear, spherically symmetric perturbations of the metric, scalar and electromagnetic fields. If the radius of the mirror is sufficiently large, we present numerical evidence for the stability of the solitons. For small mirror radius, some of the solitons are unstable. We discuss the physical interpretation of this instability.

We explore the quasi-stationary profile of massive charged scalar field in a class of charged black hole in dRGT massive gravity. We discuss how the linear term in the metric which is a unique character of the dRGT massive gravity affects structure of the spacetime. Numerical calculations of the quasinormal modes are performed for the charged scalar field in the dRGT black hole background. For asymptotically de Sitter (dS) black hole, an improved asymptotic iteration method is used to obtain the associated quasinormal frequencies. The unstable modes are found for ℓ = 0 case and their corresponding real parts satisfy superradiant condition. For ℓ = 2, the results show that all the de Sitter black holes considered here are stable against a small perturbation. For asymptotically dRGT anti de Sitter (AdS) black hole, unstable modes are found with the frequency satisfying superradiant condition. Effects of massive gravity parameter are discussed. Analytic calculation reveals unique diffusive nature of quasinormal modes in the massive gravity model with the linear term. Numerical results confirm existence of the characteristic diffusive modes in both dS and AdS cases.

We study soliton and black hole solutions of Einstein charged scalar field theory in cavity. We examine the effect of introducing a scalar field mass on static, spherically symmetric solutions of the field equations. We focus particularly on the spaces of soliton and black hole solutions, as well as studying their stability under linear, spherically symmetric perturbations of the metric, electromagnetic field, and scalar field.

The effect of massive scalar perturbations on neutral black string in de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley (dRGT) massive gravity is investigated through the study of the quasinormal modes (QNMs). Due to the similarity between the equation of motion of the field in the black-string and blackhole background, similar numerical and analytical techniques can be used to explore the behaviour of the QNMs. We use the asymptotic iteration method (AIM) and the WKB method to numerically calculate the QNMs of scalar perturbation in the black string background with positive cosmological constant. High-momentum behaviour of such QNMs can be analytically approximated by the first-order WKB method with excellent accuracy. For near-extremal black string with event horizon very close to the cosmological horizon, the Pöschl-Teller technique gives accurate analytic formula for the QNMs. When massive-gravity-parameter γ increases, we found that the scalar modes oscillate with higher frequencies and decay faster. The QNMs of black string in spacetime with negative cosmological constant are explored in all range of possible γ using the spectral method. We found the movement of the holographic sound poles to collide and form diffusive poles as γ changes from positive to negative values. We observe no evidence of instability of neutral black string in both positive and negative cosmological constant cases.