Reissner-Nordström Spacetime  

In General > s.a. black holes; black-hole entropy, perturbations and thermodynamics [including phase transitions].
$ Def: A family of solutions of Einstein's equation representing a nonrotating black hole with nonzero electric charge, depending on the parameters M (mass) and Q = (Qe2 + Qm2)1/2 (electromagnetic charges) [c = 1], and line element

ds2 = –(1 – 2GM/r + G2Q2/r2) dt2 + (1 – 2GM/r + G2Q2/r2)–1 dr2 + r2 d2 .

* Singularities: For Q2 > M2, we get a naked singularity; For Q2 < M2, a regular black-hole solution with two horizons, at r = r+ = M (M2Q2)1/2, besides the true singularity at r = 0; For Q2 = M2, extreme case.
* Electromagnetic field:

if Qm = 0,  Aa = (Qe/r, 0, 0, 0),  F01 = –Qe/r2 ;   if Qe = 0,  Aa = (0, –Qm sin , 0, 0),  F23 = Qm sin .

* Symmetries: The only conformal or projective vector fields it admits are its standard Killing vector fields [@ Hall CQG(00)].
* Fermat geometry: For P = 0, if q:= Q/M and d2:= 1–q2 (the horizon is at r/M = 1/d), then the Fermat geometry is non-hyperbolic for r/M > 1 + (d/2)2/3; can get arbitrarily close to the horizon ( SS 1.12.1995).
@ General references: Reissner AdP(16); Nordström PKNAW(18); Klösch & Strobl CQG(96) [global coordinates]; Marsh FP-a0708.
@ Singularities: Giveon et al JHEP(04)ht [resolution, with scalar fields]; Abdel-Megied & Gad CSF(05)gq/04.
> Note: The spelling is Reissner-Nordström, not Reissner-Nordstrøm [@ see Brill & Dray GRG(93)].

Special Topics > s.a. particle models.
@ Interior solution: Bonanno et al PRS(95)gq/94; Ivanov PRD(02)gq [pfluid].
@ Mass: Hushwater gq/01; Barbachoux et al IJMPD(02)gq; Herrera et al GRG(03)gq [active mg].
@ The extremal limit: Wang et al PRD(98)gq [no-go for physical process]; Carroll et al a0901 [discontinuous nature, and black-hole entropy].
@ Other topics: Couch & Torrence GRG(84) [spatial inversion]; Abramowicz et al CQG(02)gq [Fermat/optical geometry]; Paranjape & Dadhich GRG(04)gq/03 [embedding diagrams]; Reimann & Brügmann PRD(04)gq [maximal slicing, late time]; Qadir et al NCB(07) [K-slicing].

Motion of Particles and Waves > s.a. klein-gordon fields; lensing.
@ Particles: Dean GRG(99) [orbit precession].
@ Spinning particles: Ali & Ahmed AP(00); Mukhopadhyay CQG(00) [spin-1/2, charged]; Bini et al PRD(00), IJMPD(05); Firsova MPLA(03) [scattering].
@ Scalar fields: Ori PRD(98)gq/97 [massless]; Wang & Huang PRD(01) [back-reaction]; Sini & Kuriakose IJMPD(09)-a0708 [WKB approximation].
@ Electromagnetic fields: Torres del Castillo & Cartas-Fuentevilla PRD(96) [and gravitational waves]; Crispino & Oliveira PRD(08) [absorption cross section].
@ Other fields: Goncharov PLB(99)gq [twisted spinors]; > s.a. dirac fields.
@ Wave tails: Koyama & Tomimatsu PRD(01) [massive scalar]; Blaksley & Burko PRD(07)-a0710 [same as in Schwarzschild].

Similar and Modified Solutions > s.a. kerr-newman spacetime; teleparallel gravity; wormholes.
@ RN-de Sitter: Brady et al PRD(97) [tails of fields]; Stuchlík & Hledík APS(02)-a0803; Ali GRG(03) [spinning particle]; Guo et al IJMPA(03), GRG(05) [extreme, scalar field theory]; Brännlund GRG(04)gq/03 [conformal isometry]; Astefanesei et al JHEP(04)ht/03 [and dS-cft]; Molina et al PRD(04)gq/03 [field propagation]; > s.a. quantum black holes.
@ RN-de Sitter, thermodynamics: Cai et al CQG(98)gq/97; Ren et al NCB(98); Wang & Huang CQG(02) [York formalism]; Barlow et al PRD(05)gq [+ scalar].
@ RN-Anti de Sitter: Wang et al PRD(00) [extreme], PRD(01) [massless scalar]; Kim et al PRD(00) [GEMS approach]; Wu PRD(00) [critical phenomena]; Wang et al PRD(04)ht [massless scalar quasi-normal modes].
@ RN-Anti de Sitter, thermodynamics: Louko & Winters-Hilt PRD(96); Chamblin et al PRD(99); Aman et al a0901-in.
@ In FRW models: Shah & Vaidya Tens(68); Gao & Zhang PLB(04)gq, GRG(06)gq/04 [higher-dimensional].
@ Double Reissner-Nordström: Manko PRD(07); Paolino & Pizzi IJMPD(08) [electric field lines]; Manko et al a0811 [+ dilaton].
@ Other solutions: Robinson et al IJTP(69) [generalized]; Rudolph et al IJMPA(96) [arbitrary group and dimension]; Graf CQG(01) [extremal, weak extension].
@ In other theories: Macías & Socorro CQG(99)gq [metric-affine gravity]; Bretón CQG(02) [Born-Infeld]; Nashed & Shirafuji IJMPD(07)-a0704 [tetrad gravity].
@ Quantum corrections: Buric & Radovanovic CQG(99); Donoghue et al PLB(02)ht/01, erratum PLB(05); Holstein gq/06; > s.a. non-commutative gravity.


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