1991/11/30 by K. Lee, Kimyeong Lee, V. P. Nair +2 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.68.1100
published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 68 (1992) 1100-1103 · (10 pages)
arxiv created 1991/12/04 · openalex publication_date 1992/02/24 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Working in the context of spontaneously broken gauge theories, we show that the magnetically charged Reissner-Nordstr"om 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.