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Phys. Rev. D 78, 024011 (2008) [6 pages]

Electromagnetic absorption cross section of Reissner-Nordström black holes

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Luís C. B. Crispino*
Faculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil

Ednilton S. Oliveira
Faculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil and Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Received 13 May 2008; published 7 July 2008

The absorption cross section of Reissner-Nordström black holes for the electromagnetic field is computed numerically for arbitrary frequencies. The numerical results are in excellent agreement with the low- and high-frequency limits, which are obtained with analytical methods. Special emphasis is given to the extreme Reissner-Nordström black hole case.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.024011
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.024011
PACS:
04.40.−b, 04.70.−s, 11.80.−m

*crispino@ufpa.br

ednilton@fma.if.usp.br