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Turning a black hole into a naked singularity

F. de FeliceDipartimento di Fisica {G Galilei}, INFN, Sezione di Padova, Universitá di Padova, via Marzolo, 8 I-35131 Padova, ItalyYunqiang YuDepartment of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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We show that an extremal Reissner-Nordström black hole may be turned into a Kerr-Newman naked singularity after capture of a flat and electrically neutral spinning body which is initially gravitationally bound and plunges in radially with its spin aligned to a radial direction. It is argued that backreaction and emission of gravitational radiation would not help to preserve the black hole condition.

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