String analog of Reissner–Nordström black holes cannot be overcharged

Abstract

In this work, we attempt to overcharge extremal and nearly extremal charged black holes in string theory, known as the Garfinkle–Horowitz–Strominger solution. We first show that extremal black holes cannot be overcharged analogous to the case of Reissner–Nordström (RN) black holes. Contrary to their analog in general relativity, nearly extremal black holes can neither be overcharged beyond extremality, nor can they be driven to extremality by the interaction with test particles. Therefore, the analysis in this work also implies that the third law of black hole thermodynamics holds for the relevant charged black holes in string theory perturbed by test particles. This can be interpreted as a stronger version of the third law since one can drop out the continuity proviso for the relevant process.