Abstract
A formula is derived for the mass of a black hole as a function of its "irreducible mass," its angular momentum, and its charge. It is shown that 50% of the mass of an extreme charged black hole can be converted into energy as contrasted with 29% for an extreme rotating black hole.
Keywords
PhysicsCharged black holeBlack hole (networking)Angular momentumRotating black holeExtremal black holeCharge (physics)Charged particleQuantum electrodynamicsClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsIon
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- 4
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- 12
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- 3552-3555
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- 460
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Demetrios Christodoulou,
R. Ruffini
(1971).
Reversible Transformations of a Charged Black Hole.
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields
, 4
(12)
, 3552-3555.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.4.3552
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevd.4.3552