Published July 20, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Evaporation of two-dimensional black holes

  • 1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW (United Kingdom)
  • 2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)

Description

An interesting two-dimensional model theory has been proposed that allows one to consider black-hole evaporation in the semiclassical approximation. The semiclassical equations will give a singularity where the dilaton field reaches a certain critical value. This singularity will be hidden behind a horizon. As the evaporation proceeds, the dilaton field on the horizon will approach the critical value but the temperature and rate of emission will remain finite. These results indicate either that there is a naked singularity, or (more likely) that the semiclassical approximation breaks down

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
69
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 406-409.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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