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.
5 pages, Essay for 2001 Gravity Research Foundation competition, to appear in IJMPD