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Dark body and black hole horizons

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The formula for the horizon of a Newtonian “dark body” is given and compared to that of a relativistic “black hole”: a Newtonian “dark body” has at least one “hair”.

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

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  2. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Institut Henri Poincaré, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231, Paris Cedex 05

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Eisenstaedt, J. Dark body and black hole horizons. Gen Relat Gravit 23, 75–80 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766514

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