On the regularity of deformed extremal horizons

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Main Authors: Di Filippo, Francesco, Mukohyama, Shinji, Senovilla, José M. M.
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Published: 2025
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author Di Filippo, Francesco
Mukohyama, Shinji
Senovilla, José M. M.
author_facet Di Filippo, Francesco
Mukohyama, Shinji
Senovilla, José M. M.
contents It has recently been argued that extremal black holes can act as amplifiers of new physics, due to horizon instabilities that enhance the effects of ultraviolet corrections. In this paper, we revisit some of these claims and investigate the viability of a class of non-spherical extremal black holes. In particular, we revisit the regularity of perturbed extremal Reissner--Nordström AdS black holes showing that, while some certain components of the scalar stress energy tensor diverge, the backreaction remains finite. We also study geodesic completeness, identifying a simple geometric constraint which, if satisfied, ensures that null geodesics cross the horizon smoothly. This analysis suggests the existence of a broad class of spacetimes with regular non-spherical horizons.
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spellingShingle On the regularity of deformed extremal horizons
Di Filippo, Francesco
Mukohyama, Shinji
Senovilla, José M. M.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
It has recently been argued that extremal black holes can act as amplifiers of new physics, due to horizon instabilities that enhance the effects of ultraviolet corrections. In this paper, we revisit some of these claims and investigate the viability of a class of non-spherical extremal black holes. In particular, we revisit the regularity of perturbed extremal Reissner--Nordström AdS black holes showing that, while some certain components of the scalar stress energy tensor diverge, the backreaction remains finite. We also study geodesic completeness, identifying a simple geometric constraint which, if satisfied, ensures that null geodesics cross the horizon smoothly. This analysis suggests the existence of a broad class of spacetimes with regular non-spherical horizons.
title On the regularity of deformed extremal horizons
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05200