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Stealth black hole solutions in higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories

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Pith's one-line read The paper shows that, for specific tunings of the higher-order couplings, the Reissner–Nordström and Reissner–Nordström-(anti-)de Sitter solutions of pure Einstein–Maxwell theory remain exact solutions of the higher-order U(1)-invariant…

desk verdict Useful first black-hole solution catalog for the new U(1)-invariant higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories, but a concrete algebraic error in the dyonic degenerate-class section (Sec. VI A) needs correction before the paper is reliable. read the letter →

arxiv 2506.11353 v2 pith:YVMFBRHF submitted 2025-06-12 gr-qc

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The reading

Higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories are the most general U(1)-symmetric extensions of Einstein–Maxwell theory whose Lagrangians mix curvature with powers of the field strength and its derivatives. This paper asks whether the familiar static black holes of the plain theory survive these additions. It finds that they do, provided the higher-order couplings satisfy algebraic tuning conditions: with the standard Maxwell term present, the Reissner–Nordström-(anti-)de Sitter metric remains exact, and without it the Schwarzschild-(anti-)de Sitter metric with a nonzero electric field is exact, a stealth black hole because the field leaves the geometry unchanged. In one degenerate class, the dyonic Reissner–Nordström-(anti-)de Sitter solution is exact for an arbitrary coupling function, while in another degenerate class it is exact only when the electric and magnetic charges are equal. These results matter because they delimit when higher-derivative electrodynamic corrections can hide from black hole observations while still changing the theory.

What carries the argument

The machinery is the general action (3) built from 21 U(1)-invariant higher-derivative building blocks, namely the curvature couplings $R_1$, $R_2$, $R_3$ and the derivative couplings $F_1,\dots,F_{18}$, together with the static spherically symmetric metric ansatz (17), the purely electric vector ansatz (18), and the dyonic vector ansatz (45). Under these ansätze the field equations reduce to ordinary differential equations; the analysis uses large-distance asymptotic expansions whose leading coefficients, displayed in Eqs. (26)-(28) and (32)-(34), determine the algebraic coefficient conditions (24), (41), and (43) under which the standard solutions survive. The decisive identity for the degenerate-class result is Eq. (53): for the dyonic ansatz, the combination $2F(*F)_{ab}F^{cd} + G(F^{ab}F^{cd} - (*F)^{ab}(*F)^{cd})$ contracted with the Weyl tensor vanishes identically, so the entire $eta(F,G)$ coupling is invisible on the background and the dyonic Reissner–Nordström-(anti-)de Sitter solution exists for arbitrary $eta$.

What would settle it

A direct computer-algebra check of the left-hand side of Eq. (53) on the metric ansatz (17) with the dyonic vector (45), for generic unequally charged $P \neq Q$, would settle it: any nonzero component means the claimed $eta$-independence fails. A second check is to insert the dyonic Reissner–Nordström-(anti-)de Sitter metric into the full Euler–Lagrange equations while varying $eta(F,G)$; the $eta$ terms must cancel identically for the claim to hold.

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Core claim

The paper's central claim is that the standard Reissner–Nordström and Schwarzschild black holes can be embedded as exact solutions of the higher-order Maxwell-Einstein action (3), not by setting the higher-order couplings to zero, but by choosing them to satisfy specific algebraic relations. For constant coefficients, the required relations are (24): the curvature couplings $a_2$ and $a_3$ must vanish, while the derivative-interaction coefficients $b_7$, $b_8$, $b_{13}$, $b_{15}$, and $b_{18}$ are fixed in terms of the others. For quartic and sixth-order couplings, the tuning changes: curvature couplings may survive provided $a_3 = 2a_2$, with further conditions (41) and (43). In every case, turning off the ordinary Maxwell kinetic term ($c_1 = 0$) turns the Reissner–Nordström solution into a Schwarzschild solution carrying a nonzero electric field that does not back-react on the metric, i.e., a stealth black hole. In the degenerate Class C1II theories, the dyonic Reissner–Nordström-(anti-)de Sitter solution is claimed to be exact for any $eta(F,G)$, thanks to the Weyl-contraction identity (53), and with $c_1 = 0$ it becomes a dyonic Schwarzschild-(anti-)de Sitter stealth solution. The paper also reports that the totally degenerate class admits the dyonic solution only for equal electric and magnetic charges, and that the Class C3 degenerate theories do not admit it.

Load-bearing premise

The dyonic result rests on the unproved algebraic identity (53) asserting that the Weyl-contracted combination of $F$ and its dual vanishes identically on the static spherically symmetric dyonic ansatz; if that identity is wrong, the dyonic Reissner–Nordström-(anti-)de Sitter solution would not be guaranteed for arbitrary $eta(F,G)$.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • In constant-coefficient higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories, the standard Reissner–Nordström-(A)dS metric remains an exact solution exactly when the curvature couplings vanish and the derivative couplings obey (24), so the familiar background survives a whole algebraic family of higher-derivative corrections.
  • Setting $c_1 = 0$ in the same tuned theories yields a Schwarzschild-(A)dS metric with a nonzero electric field, a stealth black hole whose external geometry is indistinguishable from vacuum Schwarzschild-(A)dS even though a U(1) charge is present.
  • For quartic- and sixth-order interactions, the curvature couplings need not vanish; the tuning $a_3 = 2a_2$ plus conditions (41) or (43) lets the same standard solutions survive, so the standard electrovacuum backgrounds persist despite nontrivial curvature couplings.
  • In the degenerate Class C1II theories, the dyonic Reissner–Nordström-(A)dS solution is independent of the arbitrary function $eta(F,G)$ and of the ratio of electric to magnetic charge, and with $c_1 = 0$ it becomes a dyonic Schwarzschild-(A)dS stealth solution.
  • In the totally degenerate class, the dyonic solution exists only for equal electric and magnetic charges ($P = Q$, with $p > 0$), and in Class C3 it does not exist, so the degenerate classification sharply separates which higher-order theories retain the standard electrovacuum black holes.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Because the dyonic background is the same for arbitrary $eta$, the theory-dependent physics must show up at the level of perturbations; computing quasinormal modes or tidal Love numbers around this background would separate the degenerate theories even though their static solutions coincide.
  • The tuning conditions (24), (41), and (43) are derived through asymptotic expansion and are sufficient as stated; a recurrence analysis could settle whether they are also necessary, which would give a sharp classification of which higher-order actions keep the standard electrovacuum solutions.
  • The $P = Q$ requirement in the totally degenerate class suggests a charge-duality selection rule; extending the analysis to rotating or non-spherically-symmetric ansätze would show whether the stealth property is an artifact of spherical symmetry.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper studies static, spherically symmetric black hole solutions of the general U(1)-invariant higher-order Maxwell-Einstein action (3). For constant coupling coefficients and for quartic- and sixth-order couplings, it derives algebraic conditions (24), (41), (43) under which the Reissner-Nordström-(A)dS solution of Einstein-Maxwell theory remains an exact solution, and, when the ordinary Maxwell kinetic term is absent, a Schwarzschild-(A)dS metric with a nonzero electric field, i.e., a stealth solution. The second part examines degenerate classes: a totally degenerate alpha0 interaction and Class C1II with a beta(F,G) coupling to the Weyl tensor, claiming dyonic Reissner-Nordström-(A)dS solutions exist, with P=Q in the former case and for arbitrary charges in the latter via the identity (53).

Significance. If correct, the paper provides a useful catalogue of embeddings of Einstein-Maxwell black holes into a broad family of higher-derivative U(1)-invariant vector-tensor theories, extending the stealth-solution programme from scalar-tensor to Maxwell-Einstein settings. The existence conditions are concrete algebraic relations among the action coefficients, and the results are in principle checkable by direct substitution. However, the degenerate-class results, which are the most novel part of the paper, rest on a concrete algebraic error in Sec. VI A and on an unproved Weyl-tensor identity in Sec. VI B, so the overall significance is conditional on those issues being corrected and on the leading-order verifications in Secs. III-V being upgraded to complete substitutions.

major comments (3)
  1. [Sec. VI A, around Eq. (47) and the statement following Eq. (48)] The claim that the dyonic Reissner-Nordström-(A)dS solution exists only for P=Q, with no such solution when p=0, is contradicted by direct computation. On the static spherically symmetric metric (17) and the dyonic ansatz (45), F and G are functions of r alone, so ∇^c F = g^{cr} F'(r) and ∇^d G = g^{dr} G'(r); the alpha0 interaction in (47) therefore contains the factor (*F)_{cd} g^{cr} g^{dr} = (*F)^{rr}, which vanishes identically by antisymmetry for arbitrary f(r), h(r), A0(r), P, Q, p, and q. Hence the interaction term contributes nothing on the whole ansatz, and the dyonic solution (48) is a solution for all P and Q, with no exception at p=0. The stated condition (49) and the accompanying restriction are incorrect, and the variational computations for the degenerate classes should be rechecked.
  2. [Sec. VI B, Eq. (53)] The identity asserted for the dyonic ansatz is not derived or checked anywhere in the manuscript, and it is the only reason the beta(F,G) interaction does not affect the dyonic Reissner-Nordström-(A)dS solution (48). Because the contraction is taken in the index order C_{acbd} with a tensor built from F and *F, the vanishing is not an immediate consequence of the standard symmetries of the Weyl tensor. The authors should present an explicit derivation or a component-level verification; as written, the central claim of Sec. VI B that the solution exists for arbitrary beta(F,G) is unproven.
  3. [Secs. III-V, Eqs. (24), (41), (43)] The existence conditions are introduced as 'we find' and are supported only by the leading terms of a 1/r expansion, e.g., Eqs. (26)-(28) for Sec. III A. The manuscript does not show the reduced Lagrangian or the full Euler-Lagrange equations for the ansatz, nor does it provide a recurrence showing that all higher-order coefficients vanish after imposing the stated conditions. Since these conditions carry the main existence claims of the paper, the authors should supply a complete substitution check, either analytically or with a documented symbolic computation.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Eq. (19)] In the definition of E_h, the derivative is taken with respect to f'(r) rather than h'(r), and the possible second-derivative term in h is omitted; the displayed variational equations should be corrected.
  2. [Sec. IV D] The text says the Schwarzschild-(A)dS solution is obtained 'in the higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories (3) with Eq. (42)', but Eq. (42) defines the sixth-order couplings of Sec. V; the reference should be to Eq. (40).
  3. [Sec. VI A] The solution (48) is called the 'Reissiner-Nordstr om solution-(anti-)de Sitter solution' and reference is made to Eq. (23) as if it contained the cosmological constant; the typo and the reference should be corrected.
  4. [Sec. VII, Conclusions] The sentence 'Since the electric charge in the sector of the vector field does affect the spacetime geometry' is the opposite of what is meant; it should read 'does not affect', since that is the defining property of the stealth solutions.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the existence conditions are derived algebraically against external Maxwell-Einstein benchmarks, and no fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction.

full rationale

The paper's central derivation chain is a self-contained conditional analysis: it inserts the static spherically symmetric metric ansatz (17) and the electric or dyonic vector ansatze (18)/(45) into the higher-order action (3), derives the Euler-Lagrange equations (19), and obtains algebraic conditions (24), (41), (43), and (49) under which the known Reissner-Nordström-(A)dS or Schwarzschild-(A)dS metrics of pure Maxwell-Einstein theory also solve the extended theory. These conditions are not fitted to data, and the target solutions are not used to define the coupling functions; the relations are independent algebraic constraints derived from the equations of motion. The reliance on Refs. [71-73] for the action and degeneracy classification is on prior independent work by other authors, and the present author's self-citations in the introduction are contextual, not load-bearing for the existence proofs. The paper itself flags scope limitations in Sec. VII, such as the restricted metric and vector ansatze and the unexplored degenerate classes; these are completeness caveats rather than circularity. One non-circular weakness is that Eq. (53) in Sec. VI B is asserted as 'we find the identical relation' without displaying a proof, so the dyonic claim rests on an unverified algebraic identity; this is a correctness and verifiability risk, not a circularity, because the identity is not defined in terms of the conclusion and no fitted quantity is renamed as a prediction.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on the prior classification of the action and degenerate theories in Refs [71-73], on the ansatz restriction to static spherically symmetric metrics with electric or dyonic vector fields, and on an unproved algebraic identity for the dyonic case. No new entities or fitted parameters are introduced.

assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption The action (3) from Ref [71] is the most general U(1)-invariant higher-derivative vector-tensor action built from the specified scalar products.
    Invoked at the start of Sec. II; the paper does not rederive this classification.
  • domain assumption The degeneracy conditions and class labels (including Class C1II and the totally degenerate class) from Ref [73] are correct.
    Used in Sec. VI to select the degenerate theories; correctness of the classification is taken from Ref [73].
  • ad hoc to paper The static spherically symmetric metric ansatz (17) and the purely electric (18) or dyonic (45) vector ansatz are sufficient to capture the solutions of interest.
    Adopted from the outset; the paper acknowledges in the conclusions that more general ansatze are left to future work.
  • ad hoc to paper The 'identical relation' (53) holds for the dyonic ansatz in Class C1II.
    Stated without proof in Sec. VI B; if false, the dyonic Reissner-Nordström-(A)dS solution claim for arbitrary β(F,G) fails.

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We study static and spherically symmetric black hole solutions in higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories. We do not particularly focus on the degenerate classes of theories. For several specific choices of the coupling functions, we show that in the presence of the ordinary Maxwell kinetic term the Reissner-Nordstr\"om-(anti-)de Sitter solution in the pure Maxwell-Einstein theory can also be a solution in generic classes of higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories, and in the absence of the ordinary Maxwell kinetic term the Schwarzschild-(anti-)de Sitter solution with the nonzero electric field can be obtained. This corresponds to a stealth black hole solution as the electric field does not affect the spacetime geometry. We then focus on several degenerate classes of higher-order Maxwell-Einstein theories, and find that the dyonic Reissner-Nordstr\"om-(anti-)de Sitter solution in the pure Maxwell-Einstein theory can be a solution.

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