Exact multiblack hole spacetimes in Einstein-ModMax theory

Exact solutions describing multiple, electrically charged black holes (BHs) in a model of nonlinear electrodynamics (NLE) minimally coupled to Einstein's gravity are presented. The NLE model is ModMax theory, that has attracted much attention due to its duality and conformal invariance, features shared with standard (linear) electrodynamics. In the nonextremal case, the solution has conical singularities, similarly to the multi Reissner-Nordstr"om solution in Einstein-Maxwell theory. In the extremal case the solution is regular on and outside the event horizon; it is isometric to the Majumdar-Papapetrou solution, although the individual BHs have a nonunitary charge to mass ratio, due to screening effects. Using the ModMax electromagnetic duality invariance, magnetically charged and dyonic generalizations are also obtained. Finally, we construct multi-BH solutions with a positive cosmological constant.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-03-14
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.064046
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10
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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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Exact multiblack hole spacetimes in Einstein-ModMax theory

Carlos Herdeiro, Ana Bokulić
10 citations
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
18.70
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Exact multiblack hole spacetimes in Einstein-ModMax theory

Carlos Herdeiro, Ana Bokulić
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Abstract

Exact solutions describing multiple, electrically charged black holes (BHs) in a model of nonlinear electrodynamics (NLE) minimally coupled to Einstein's gravity are presented. The NLE model is ModMax theory, that has attracted much attention due to its duality and conformal invariance, features shared with standard (linear) electrodynamics. In the nonextremal case, the solution has conical singularities, similarly to the multi Reissner-Nordstr"om solution in Einstein-Maxwell theory. In the extremal case the solution is regular on and outside the event horizon; it is isometric to the Majumdar-Papapetrou solution, although the individual BHs have a nonunitary charge to mass ratio, due to screening effects. Using the ModMax electromagnetic duality invariance, magnetically charged and dyonic generalizations are also obtained. Finally, we construct multi-BH solutions with a positive cosmological constant.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 111(6)
University of Zagreb (HR), University of Aveiro (PT)
Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost, Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
18.70
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