Black hole discharge in massive electrodynamics and black hole disappearance in massive gravity

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We define and calculate the "discharge mode" for a Schwarzschild black hole in massive electrodynamics.

• For small photon mass, the discharge mode describes the decay of the electric field of a charged star collapsing into a black hole.
• We argue that a similar "discharge of mass" occurs in massive gravity and leads to a strange process of black hole disappearance.