Comment on ``Absence of abelian Higgs hair for extremal black holes''

Abstract

We examine the claim of Chamblin et. al. that extreme black holes cannot support abelian Higgs hair. We provide evidence that contradicts this claim and discuss reasons for this discrepancy.

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