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Naked Black Holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

It is shown that there are large static black holes for which all curvature invariants are small near the event horizon, yet any object which falls in experiences enormous tidal forces outside the horizon. These black holes are charged and near extremality, and exist in a wide class of theories including string theory. The implications for cosmic censorship and the black hole information puzzle are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9704058,
  title  = {Naked Black Holes},
  author = {Gary T. Horowitz and Simon F. Ross},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9704058},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

19 pages, harvmac, no figures

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