Black holes, moduli, and long-range forces
Ben Heidenreich
Abstract
A bstract It is well known that an identical pair of extremal Reissner-Nordström black holes placed a large distance apart will exert no force on each other. In this paper, I establish that the same result holds in a very large class of two-derivative effective theories containing an arbitrary number of gauge fields and moduli, where the appropriate analog of an extremal Reissner-Nordström black hole is a charged, spherically symmetric black hole with vanishing surface gravity or vanishing horizon area. Analogous results hold for black branes.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsBlack hole (networking)Extremal black holeHorizonTheoretical physicsWhite holeGauge (firearms)Nonsingular black hole modelsClassical mechanicsBlack braneBlack hole thermodynamicsCharged black holeGauge theoryMathematical physicsMembrane paradigmClass (philosophy)Rotating black holeQuantum electrodynamicsBTZ black holeField (mathematics)Hawking radiationEvent horizonSurface (topology)Quantum mechanicsGravitationMassive gravityBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsAstrophysical Phenomena and ObservationsCosmology and Gravitation Theories