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How extreme are extreme black holes?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-05-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We examine the properties of nearly extremal black holes produced by gravitational collapse. It is shown that an observer who crosses the black hole horizon at late times rapidly encounters a singularity.

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@article{arxiv.1105.2574,
  title  = {How extreme are extreme black holes?},
  author = {David Garfinkle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2574},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures