Revisiting the Aretakis constants and instability in two-dimensional Anti-de Sitter spacetimes

Abstract

We discuss dynamics of massive Klein-Gordon fields in two-dimensional Anti-de Sitter spacetimes ($Ad{S}_2$), in particular conserved quantities and non-modal instability on the future Poincaré horizon called, respectively, the Aretakis constants and the Aretakis instability. We find out the geometrical meaning of the Aretakis constants and instability in a parallel-transported frame along a null geodesic, i.e., some components of the higher-order covariant derivatives of the field in the parallel-transported frame are constant or unbounded at the late time, respectively. Because $Ad{S}_2$ is maximally symmetric, any null hypersurfaces have the same geometrical properties. Thus, if we prepare parallel-transported frames along any null hypersurfaces, we can show that the same instability emerges not only on the future Poincaré horizon but also on any null hypersurfaces. This implies that the Aretakis instability in $Ad{S}_2$ is the result of singular behaviors of the higher-order covariant derivatives of the fields on the whole $AdS$ infinity, rather than a blow-up on a specific null hypersurface. It is also discussed that the Aretakis constants and instability are related to the conformal Killing tensors. We further explicitly demonstrate that the Aretakis constants can be derived from ladder operators constructed from the spacetime conformal symmetry.

24 pages, 1 figure, v2: minor revisions, v3: minor revisions, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D

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