Near-[Formula omitted] perturbations and the connection with near-extreme Reissner-Nordstrom

The geometry very near the horizon of a near-extreme Reissner-Nordstrom black hole is described by the direct product of a near- [Formula omitted] spacetime with a two-sphere. While near- [Formula omitted] is locally diffeomorphic to [Formula omitted] the two connect differently with the asymptotically flat part of the geometry of (near-)extreme Reissner-Nordstrom. In previous work, we solved analytically the coupled gravitational and electromagnetic perturbation equations of [Formula omitted] and the associated connection problem with extreme Reissner-Nordstrom. In this paper, we give the solution for perturbations of near- [Formula omitted] and make the connection with near-extreme Reissner-Nordstrom. Our results here may also be thought of as computing the classical scattering matrix for gravitational and electromagnetic waves which probe the region very near the horizon of a highly charged spherically symmetric black hole.