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arxiv: 2605.14410 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-14 · 🌀 gr-qc

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Dyonic black holes supporting nearly-black self-gravitating thin shells

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Dyonic black holes support self-gravitating nearly-black thin shells at discrete universal radii independent of central mass.

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Black holes with both electric and magnetic charges in a special nonlinear version of electromagnetism have places in their spacetime where thin shells of matter can sit still without collapsing or escaping. Earlier work showed this for light test shells that do not bend spacetime much. The new result extends this to heavy shells whose own gravity matters, showing they can hover right at the edge of becoming black holes themselves. The key finding is that the allowed positions for these shells are fixed numbers that do not change when the central black hole's mass varies.

Core claim

the discrete radii of these self-gravitating nearly-black Dyson shells are universal in the sense that they are independent of the masses of the central supporting dyonic compact objects.

Load-bearing premise

The dyonic spacetimes of the quasitopological nonlinear electrodynamic field theory possess radial regions satisfying d[r g_tt(r)]/dr → 0^+ that allow static equilibrium for self-gravitating thin shells without violating energy conditions or stability criteria.

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It has recently been revealed that dyonic black-hole spacetimes of a quasitopological non-linear electrodynamic field theory may be characterized by discrete radial regions with the property $dg_{tt}(r)/dr=0$ in which spherically symmetric massive {\it test} shells (Dyson shells with negligible self-gravity) can be supported in static equilibrium states. In the present paper we prove that the dyonic spacetimes of the non-linear electrodynamic field theory may also be characterized by the presence of radial regions with the dimensionless property $d[r\cdot g_{tt}(r)]/dr\to0^+$ in which massive {\it self-gravitating} thin shells that are on the verge of becoming black holes can be supported in static equilibrium states. Intriguingly, it is proved that the discrete radii of these self-gravitating nearly-black Dyson shells are universal in the sense that they are independent of the masses of the central supporting dyonic compact objects.

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The central claim rests on the existence of dyonic solutions in the quasitopological nonlinear electrodynamic theory and on standard thin-shell junction conditions in general relativity; no free parameters or new entities are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Dyonic black-hole spacetimes exist in the quasitopological nonlinear electrodynamic field theory with the metric property d[r g_tt(r)]/dr → 0^+ at discrete radii.
    Invoked as the characterizing feature allowing static equilibrium for self-gravitating shells.
  • domain assumption Thin-shell approximations remain valid when self-gravity is included and the shell is on the verge of horizon formation.
    Required to treat the shell as a static equilibrium configuration without back-reaction instabilities.

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