Published September 15, 2008
| Version v1
Journal article
Breaking an Abelian gauge symmetry near a black hole horizon
Creators
- 1. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
Description
I argue that coupling the Abelian Higgs model to gravity plus a negative cosmological constant leads to black holes which spontaneously break the gauge invariance via a charged scalar condensate slightly outside their horizon. This suggests that black holes can superconduct.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.065034;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0801.2977v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 78
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 065034-065034.7
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41004781
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLACK HOLES; CONDENSATES; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COUPLING; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATION; HIGGS MODEL; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SYMMETRY BREAKING
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 The American Physical Society