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Higher-order corrections to mass-charge relation of extremal black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

We investigate the hypothesis that the higher-derivative corrections always make extremal non-supersymmetric black holes lighter than the classical bound and self-repulsive. This hypothesis was recently formulated in the context of the so-called swampland program. One of our examples involves an extremal heterotic black hole in four dimensions. We also calculate the effect of general four-derivative terms in Maxwell-Einstein theories in D dimensions. The results are consistent with the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0606100,
  title  = {Higher-order corrections to mass-charge relation of extremal black holes},
  author = {Yevgeny Kats and Lubos Motl and Megha Padi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0606100},
  year   = {2014}
}

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14 pages, 1 eps figure; v2: references added, published version