Abstract
The tunneling mechanism for producing particles in the presence of horizons is illustrated in three examples: (i) Production of charged pairs in a static E field, (ii) Thermal excitation of an accelerating system, (iii) Black hole evaporation. The thermodynamics of black hole evaporation is discussed in detail.
Keywords
PhysicsInstabilityEvaporationBlack hole (networking)Event horizonThermalQuantum tunnellingExcitationCharged black holeHorizonQuantum electrodynamicsClassical mechanicsExtremal black holeThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsAstronomy
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- 1994
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 03
- Issue
- 01
- Pages
- 1-13
- Citations
- 4
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R. Brout
(1994).
VACUUM INSTABILITY INDUCED BY HORIZONS.
International Journal of Modern Physics D
, 03
(01)
, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218271894000022
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- DOI
- 10.1142/s0218271894000022