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Title: No-dipole-hair theorem for higher-dimensional static black holes

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA), Passeig Lluis Companys 23, E-08010 Barcelona, Spain and Departament de Fisica Fonamental and Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franques 1, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)

We prove that static black holes in n-dimensional asymptotically flat spacetime cannot support nontrivial electric p-form field strengths when (n+1)/2{<=}p{<=}n-1. This implies, in particular, that static black holes cannot possess dipole hair under these fields.

OSTI ID:
21432397
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 82, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.084032; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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