Dyonic black holes in nonlinear electrodynamic from Kaluza-Klein theory with a Gauss-Bonnet term

Abstract: Five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein theory with an Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Lagrangian induces nonlinear corrections to the four-dimensional Maxwell equations, which however remain second order. Although these corrections do not have effect on the purely electric or magnetic monopole solutions for pointlike charges, they affect the dyonic solutions, smoothing the electric field at the origin for negative values of the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant. We investigate these solutions in flat space, and then extend them in the presence of gravity, obtaining charged black hole solutions that generalize the Reissner-Nordstr\"om metric.