Magnetic charges and Wald entropy

Using Wald's formalism, we study the thermodynamics (first laws and Smarr formulae) of asymptotically-flat black holes, rings etc. in a higher-dimensional higher-rank generalization of the Einstein-Maxwell theory. We show how to deal with the electric and magnetic charges of the objects and how the electric-magnetic duality properties of the theory are realized in their thermodynamics.

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In this paper, we investigate the thermodynamics of asymptotically-flat black holes, rings, etc. in a higher-dimensional higher-rank generalization of the Einstein-Maxwell theory using Wald's formalism. We discuss how to handle the electric and magnetic charges of the objects and demonstrate the realization of the electric-magnetic duality properties in their thermodynamics.