Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The fate of magnetically charged black holes

  • Published:
General Relativity and Gravitation Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The magnetically charged Reissner-Nordström black hole solutions of Maxwell-Einstein theory cannot evaporate completely, because their Hawking temperature tends to zero as their mass to charge ratio approaches unity. This situation changes when these solutions are considered in the context of a non-Abelian gauge theory containing nonsingular magnetic monopoles. If the horizon is sufficiently small, the Reissner-Nordström solution develops a classical instability and evolves into a new type of magnetically charged black hole solution. The temperature of these new solutions increases monotonically as the horizon contracts, so that there is no obstacle to the complete evaporation of a magnetically charged black hole.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Hawking, S. W. (1975).Commun. Math. Phys. 43, 199.

    Article  MathSciNet  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Gibbons, G. W. (1975).Commun. Math. Phys. 44, 245.

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  3. 't Hooft, G. (1974).Nucl. Phys. B 79, 276; Polyakov, A. M. (1974).Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 20, 430 [(1974).JETP Lett. 20, 194].

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  4. Lee, K., Nair, V. P., and Weinberg, E. J. (1992).Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 1100.

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  5. Chandrasekhar, S. (1979).Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A365, 453.

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  6. Hiscock, W. A. (1983).Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1734.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Affleck, I. K., and Manton, N. S. (1981).Nucl. Phys. B 194, 38.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Lee, K., Nair, V. P., and Weinberg, E. J. (1992).Phys. Rev. D 45, 2751.

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  9. Breitenlohner, P., Forgacs, P., and Maison, D. (1991). Max-Planck-Institute Preprint MPI-91-91.

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Erick J. Weinberg

    Present address: Physics Department, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Physics Department, Columbia University, 10027, New York, New York, USA

    Kimyeong Lee & V. P. Nair

  2. School of Natural Sciences The Institute for Advanced Study, 08540, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

    Erick J. Weinberg

Authors
  1. Kimyeong Lee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. V. P. Nair
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Erick J. Weinberg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

This essay received the second award from the Gravity Research Foundation, 1992-Ed.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lee, K., Nair, V.P. & Weinberg, E.J. The fate of magnetically charged black holes. Gen Relat Gravit 24, 1203–1207 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02418208

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02418208

Keywords

Search

Navigation