Thermodynamics of charged black points in vacuum nonlinear electrodynamics

Abstract

The paper analyzes the thermodynamic properties of a special state of charged black holes, in which the event horizon becomes point-like and coincides with the singularity. It is shown that for such states, called black points, in contrast to Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m black holes, the third law of thermodynamics in Planck's formulation is fulfilled. It is also shown that the formation of a black point is not a first-order phase transition. Considerable attention is paid to the special state of a black point with a doubly degenerate horizon, similar to the extreme state of a Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole.