A classical instability of Reissner-Nordstroem solutions and the fate of magnetically charged black holes

Journal Article · Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1100· OSTI ID:7206115

Lee, K; Nair, V P; Weinberg, E J ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States) Theory Group and NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

Working in the context of spontaneously broken gauge theories, we show that the magnetically charged Reissner-Nordstroem solution develops a classical instability if the horizon is sufficiently small. This instability has significant implications for the evolution of a magnetically charged black hole. In particular, it leads to the possibility that such a hole could evaporate completely, leaving in its place a nonsingular magnetic monopole.

• OSTI ID: 7206115
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 68:8; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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