Published July 20, 1992
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Journal article
Evaporation of two-dimensional black holes
Creators
- 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
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 69
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 406-409.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24012533
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLACK HOLES; CALCULATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; LIMITING VALUES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY