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Near-Extremal Freudenthal Duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-08-22 v2

Abstract

Freudenthal duality is, as of now, the unique non-linear map on electric-magnetic (e.m.) charges which is a symmetry of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of extremal black holes in Maxwell-Einstein-scalar theories in four space-time dimensions. In this paper, we present a consistent generalization of Freudenthal duality to near-extremal black holes, whose entropy is obtained within a Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity upon dimensional reduction. We name such a generalization near-extremal Freudenthal duality. Upon such a duality, two near-extremal black holes with two different (and both small) temperatures have the same entropy when their e.m. charges are related by a Freudenthal transformation. By exploiting Descartes' rule of signs as well as Sturm's Theorem, we show that our formulation of the near-extremal Freudenthal duality is analytical and unique.

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@article{arxiv.2212.13500,
  title  = {Near-Extremal Freudenthal Duality},
  author = {Arghya Chattopadhyay and Taniya Mandal and Alessio Marrani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13500},
  year   = {2023}
}

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29 pages, 2 figures

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