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Main Authors: Zhang, Lei, Liu, Hai-Shan
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18562
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author Zhang, Lei
Liu, Hai-Shan
author_facet Zhang, Lei
Liu, Hai-Shan
contents We investigate the spontaneous scalarization of charged Taub-NUT black holes within the framework of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. By selecting a suitable coupling function, the theory admits the analytic charged Taub-NUT geometry as a solution. We demonstrate that this scalar-free background becomes unstable within specific parameter regimes, leading to the bifurcation of a new branch of hairy charged Taub-NUT black holes. These solutions are characterized by a two-dimensional parameter space spanned by the electric charge and the NUT parameter. We conduct a systematic study of their properties, specifically the scalar charge, temperature, and entropy. Our analysis reveals that the entropy of the scalarized solutions exhibits particularly compelling features. Two universal characteristics emerge: first, the entropy of the hairy black hole is strictly greater than that of its scalar-free counterpart; second, the entropy reaches a local maximum precisely at the bifurcation point. Notably, when the electric charge is fixed, this maximum entropy value remains universal across a specific range of the mass parameter.
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spellingShingle Scalarization of charged Taub-NUT black hole and the entropy bound
Zhang, Lei
Liu, Hai-Shan
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We investigate the spontaneous scalarization of charged Taub-NUT black holes within the framework of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. By selecting a suitable coupling function, the theory admits the analytic charged Taub-NUT geometry as a solution. We demonstrate that this scalar-free background becomes unstable within specific parameter regimes, leading to the bifurcation of a new branch of hairy charged Taub-NUT black holes. These solutions are characterized by a two-dimensional parameter space spanned by the electric charge and the NUT parameter. We conduct a systematic study of their properties, specifically the scalar charge, temperature, and entropy. Our analysis reveals that the entropy of the scalarized solutions exhibits particularly compelling features. Two universal characteristics emerge: first, the entropy of the hairy black hole is strictly greater than that of its scalar-free counterpart; second, the entropy reaches a local maximum precisely at the bifurcation point. Notably, when the electric charge is fixed, this maximum entropy value remains universal across a specific range of the mass parameter.
title Scalarization of charged Taub-NUT black hole and the entropy bound
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18562