On non-existence of static vacuum black holes with degenerate components of the event horizon
arXiv:gr-qc/0512041 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/23/2/018
Abstract
We present a simple proof of the non-existence of degenerate components of the event horizon in static, vacuum, regular, four-dimensional black hole spacetimes. We discuss the generalisation to higher dimensions and the inclusion of a cosmological constant.
latex2e, 9 pages in A4