Black holes,AdS, and CFTs

This brief conference proceeding attempts to explain the implications of the anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence for black hole entropy in a language accessible to relativists and other non-string theorists. The main conclusion is that the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy S _BH is the density of states associated with certain superselections sectors, defined by what may be called the algebra of boundary observables. Interestingly while there is a valid context in which this result can be restated as “S _BH counts all states inside the black hole,” there may also be another in which it may be restated as “S _BH does not count all states inside the black hole, but only those that are distinguishable from the outside.” The arguments and conclusions represent the author’s translation of the community’s collective wisdom, combined with a few recent results.     

Hawking Absorption and Planck Absolute Entropy of Kerr-Newman Black Hole

We find the existence of a quantum thermal effect, “Hawking absorption.” near the inner horizon of the Kerr–Newman black hole. Redefining the entropy, temperature, angular velocity, and electric potential of the black hole, we give a new formulation of the Bekenstein–Smarr formula. The redefined entropy vanishes for absolute zero temperature of the black hole and hence it is interpreted as the Planck absolute entropy of the KN black hole.     

Symmetries at stationary Killing horizons

It has often been suggested (especially by S. Carlip) that spacetime symmetries in the neighborhood of a black hole horizon may be relevant to a statistical understanding of the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy. A prime candidate for this type of symmetry is that one which is exhibited by the Einstein tensor. More precisely, it is now known that this tensor takes on a strongly constrained (block-diagonal) form as it approaches any stationary, non-extremal Killing horizon. Presently, exploiting the geometrical properties of such horizons, we provide a particularly elegant argument that substantiates this highly symmetric form for the Einstein tensor. It is, however, duly noted that, on account of a “loophole,” the argument does fall just short of attaining the status of a rigorous proof.     

How many black holes fit on the head of a pin?

The Bekenstein–Hawking entropy of certain black holes can be computed microscopically in string theory by mapping the elusive problem of counting microstates of a strongly gravitating black hole to the tractable problem of counting microstates of a weakly coupled D-brane system, which has no event horizon, and indeed comfortably fits on the head of a pin. We show here that, contrary to widely held beliefs, the entropy of spherically symmetric black holes can easily be dwarfed by that of stationary multi-black-hole “molecules” of the same total charge and energy. Thus, the corresponding pin-sized D-brane systems do not even approximately count the microstates of a single black hole, but rather those of a zoo of entropically dominant multicentered configurations. Fourth Award in the 2007 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.     

Hawking Radiation of the Kerr–Newman Black Hole

Considering the unfixed background space-time and self-gravitational interaction, we review the Hawking radiation of the Kerr–Newman black hole by Hamilton–Jacobi method. The result shows the tunneling probability is related to the change of Bekenstein–Hawking entropy and the radiation spectrum deviates from the precisely thermal one, which is in accordance with Parikh and Wilczek’s result and gives another method to study the Hawking radiation of the black hole.     

Characteristics of Quantum Radiation as Tunneling from a Cylindrically Symmetric Black Hole

Applying the semi-classical quantum tunneling model, we have studied the Hawking radiation via tunneling from a cylindrically symmetric black hole. The derived results show that the tunneling rate of at the event horizon of the black hole is related to Bekenstein–Hawking entropy and the factual radiation spectrum is not strictly pure thermal, but is consistent with the underlying unitary theory. PACS numbers: 04.20.-s, 97.60.Lf.     

Geometrothermodynamics of five dimensional black holes in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet theory

We investigate the thermodynamic properties of 5D static and spherically symmetric black holes in (i) Einstein–Maxwell–Gauss–Bonnet theory, (ii) Einstein–Maxwell–Gauss–Bonnet theory with negative cosmological constant, and in (iii) Einstein–Yang–Mills–Gauss–Bonnet theory. To formulate the thermodynamics of these black holes we use the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy relation and, alternatively, a modified entropy formula which follows from the first law of thermodynamics of black holes. The results of both approaches are not equivalent. Using the formalism of geometrothermodynamics, we introduce in the manifold of equilibrium states a Legendre invariant metric for each black hole and for each thermodynamic approach, and show that the thermodynamic curvature diverges at those points where the temperature vanishes and the heat capacity diverges.     

Hawking Radiation as Tunneling from the Vaidya–Bonner Black Hole

Applying the Hamilton–Jacobi method, we investigate the Hawking radiation as tunneling from the non-stationary Vaidya–Bonner black hole by considering the unfixed background space-time and self-gravitational interaction. The result shows the actual radiation spectrum deviates from the purely thermal one and the tunneling rate is related not only to the change of Bekenstein–Hawking entropy but also to the integral to the black hole mass and charge. This implies information loss is possible.     

The uncertainty principle and Bekenstein–Hawking entropy corrections

There is much attention on the corrections to Bekenstein–Hawking entropy in area with a model-dependent coefficient. The corrections are generally composed of two parts: quantum corrections and thermal corrections. The generalized uncertainty principle (GUP), which will reduce to the conventional Heisenberg relation in situations of weak gravity, is one of the candidates to be utilized to obtain the quantum corrections to the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy. Recently the extended uncertainty principle (EUP) and generalized extended uncertainty principle (GEUP) are introduced to calculate entropy corrections with large length scales limit. In this paper, we obtain the quantum corrections to Bekenstein–Hawking entropy in four-dimensional Schwarzschild black holes based on the EUP and GEUP. Some attractive results are derived.     

Quantum Corrections to Hawking Radiation for Rainbow Universe

Via the method beyond semi-classical approximation, we obtain the correctional tunneling probability and Hawking temperature at the apparent horizon of Finsler rainbow universe. Then we apply Bekenstein–Hawking entropy area law used in black hole to the cases of rainbow universe, and reach the entropy of the apparent horizon. Finally, we calculate the correctional entropy and obtain reasonable results.     

Entropy corrections to five-dimensional black holes and de Sitter spaces

It is shown that non-rotating black holes in three or four dimensions possess a canonical entropy. Recently study indicated that there were logarithmic corrections to Bekenstein–Hawking entropy in area with a uncertain coefficient which depends on specific models. In this paper, the thermal fluctuations on Bekenstein–Hawking entropy in five-dimensional topological AdS (TAds)-black holes and topological de Sitter (Tds) spaces will be considered based on a uniformly spaced area spectrum approach.     

Regular black hole in three dimensions

We find a new black hole in three-dimensional anti-de Sitter space by introducing an anisotropic perfect fluid inspired by the noncommutative black hole. This is a regular black hole with two horizons. We compare the thermodynamics of this black hole with that of a non-rotating BTZ black hole. The first-law of thermodynamics is not compatible with the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy.     

Fermion tunneling from a non-static black hole with the internal global monopole

Kerner and Mann’s recent research shows that the Hawking temperature and tunneling rate can be obtained by the fermion tunneling method from the Rindler space-time and a general non-rotating black hole. In this paper, considering the tunneling particles with spin 1/2 and taking into account the particle’s self-gravitation in the dynamical background space-time, we further improve Kerner and Man’s fermion tunneling method to investigate Hawking radiation via tunneling from a non-static black hole with the internal global monopole. The result shows that the tunneling rate of the non-static black hole is related to the integral of the changing horizon besides the change of Bekenstein–Hawking entropy, which is different from the stationary cases. It also essentially implies that the unitary is violated for the reason that the black hole is non-stationary and cannot be treated as an isolated system.     

Radiation Characteristics of Stationary Axisymmetric Sen Black Hole as Tunneling

Taking energy conservation and angular momentum conservation into account, the tunneling radiation characteristics of stationary axisymmetric Sen black hole is studied in this paper with the quantum tunneling method and the results show that the tunneling rate of particle at the event horizon of the black hole is relevant to Bekenstein–Hawking entropy and that the radiation spectrum is not strictly pure thermal. PACS: 04.70_S, 97.60.Lf     

Black Hole Entropy: Membrane Approach

The wall contribution character of the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy in the brick-wall model leads us to propose a new method of computing the entropy of a black hole. In our model, the entropy is attributed to the dynamical degrees of the field covering the two dimensional membranes just outside the horizon. A cutoff different from the model of 't Hooft is necessarily introduced. It can be treated as an increase in horizon because of the space–time fluctuations. It is also shown that our method can be applied to the nonstatic case, such as Vaidya–deSitter space–time, and the final result relies on a time-dependent cutoff different from the brick-wall model.     

Entropy of Kaluza–Klein black hole from Kerr/CFT correspondence

We extend the recently proposed Kerr/CFT correspondence to examine the dual conformal field theory of four-dimensional Kaluza–Klein black hole in Einstein–Maxwell–Dilaton theory. For the extremal Kaluza–Klein black hole, the central charge and temperature of the dual conformal field are calculated following the approach of Guica, Hartman, Song and Strominger. Meanwhile, we show that the microscopic entropy given by the Cardy formula agrees with Bekenstein–Hawking entropy of extremal Kaluza–Klein black hole. For the non-extremal case, by studying the near-region wave equation of a neutral massless scalar field, we investigate the hidden conformal symmetry of Kaluza–Klein black hole, and find the left and right temperatures of the dual conformal field theory. Furthermore, we find that the entropy of non-extremal Kaluza–Klein black hole is reproduced by Cardy formula.     

Entropy correction to stationary black hole via fermions tunneling beyond semiclassical approximation

Recently, fermions tunneling beyond semiclassical approximation from an uncharged static black hole was investigated by Majhi, which was based on the work of Banerjee and Majhi, it was found that the black hole entropy correction can be produced as the quantum effect of a particle is taken into account. In this paper, we further extend this idea to the stationary Kerr black hole to discuss its entropy correction. To get the corrections correctly, the proportionality parameters of quantum corrections of action I _i to the semiclassical action I ₀ in this case are regarded as the inverse of the product of Planck Length and Planck Mass. The result shows that entropy corrections to the stationary black hole also include the logarithmic term and inverse area term in Bekenstein–Hawking entropy beyond semiclassical approximation.     

Conformal scalar propagation inside the Schwarzschild black hole

The analytic expression obtained in the preceding project for the massless conformal scalar propagator in the Hartle–Hawking vacuum state for small values of the Schwarzschild radial coordinate above r = 2M is analytically extended into the interior of the Schwarzschild black hole. The result of the analytical extension coincides with the exact propagator for a small range of values of the Schwarzschild radial coordinate below r = 2M and is an analytic expression which manifestly features its dependence on the background space–time geometry. This feature as well as the absence of any assumptions and prerequisites in the derivation render this Hartle–Hawking scalar propagator in the interior of the Schwarzschild black-hole geometry distinct from previous results. The two propagators obtained in the interior and in the exterior region of the Schwarzschild black hole are matched across the event horizon. The result of that match is a massless conformal scalar propagator in the Hartle–Hawking vacuum state which is shown to describe particle production by the Schwarzschild black hole.

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