Non-commutative geometry inspired charged black holes

We find a new, non-commutative geometry inspired, solution of the coupled Einstein-Maxwell field equations describing a variety of charged, self-gravitating objects, including extremal and non-extremal black holes. The metric smoothly interpolates between de Sitter geometry, at short distance, and Reissner-Nordstront geometry far away from the origin. Contrary to the ordinary Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime there is no curvature singularity in the origin neither naked nor shielded by horizons. We investigate both Hawking process and pair creation in this new scenario. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.