The third law of black hole thermodynamics and the mass-to-charge ratio of scalar fields

arXiv:2609.30170 · gr-qc, astro-ph.HE, hep-th · Submitted 2026-09-24 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.HE, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Terminology

• Quantum Physics — 5× in this paper · explained in 11 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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