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Extremal Reissner–Nordström Black Holes

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Dynamics of Extremal Black Holes

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In this Chapter we thoroughly review the geometry of extremal Reissner–Nordström black holes. We also present the main results on the asymptotics of linear perturbations on such backgrounds.

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Notes

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    It is the function t that is singular at these points.

  2. 2.

    With respect to the coordinate system \((\rho =r,\theta ,\varphi )\) on \(\Sigma _0\).

  3. 3.

    See also Sect. 2.6 for a discussion on the interior of dynamical extremal black holes.

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Aretakis, S. (2018). Extremal Reissner–Nordström Black Holes. In: Dynamics of Extremal Black Holes. SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, vol 33. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95183-6_2

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