Can Black Holes Decay to Naked Singularities?
arXiv:gr-qc/0107072 · doi:10.1142/S021827180100158X
Abstract
We investigate thermodynamic properties of two types of asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes: black holes and singular scalar field spacetimes. We describe the possibility that thermodynamic phase transitions can transform one spacetime into another, suggesting that black holes can radiate to naked singularities.
arXiv comment5 pages, Essay for 2001 Gravity Research Foundation competition, to appear in IJMPD