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A Classical Instability of Reissner-Nordstrom Solutions and the Fate of Magnetically Charged Black Holes

K. Lee, V. P. Nair, E. J. Weinberg

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9111045

Abstract

Working in the context of spontaneously broken gauge theories, we show that the magnetically charged Reissner-Nordstrom 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.

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