Quantization of the electromagnetic field outside static black holes and its application to low-energy phenomena

L C B Crispino, A Higuchi, G E A Matsas

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Abstract

We discuss the Gupta-Bleuler quantization of the free electromagnetic field outside static black holes in the Boulware vacuum. We use a gauge which reduces to the Feynman gauge in Minkowski spacetime. We also discuss its relation with gauges used previously. Then we apply the low-energy sector of this held theory to investigate some low-energy phenomena. First, we discuss the response rate of a static charge outside the Schwarzschild black hole in four dimensions. Next, motivated by string physics, we compute the absorption cross sections of low-energy plane waves for the Schwarzschild and extreme Reissner-Nordstrom black holes in arbitrary dimensions higher than three.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124008
Pages (from-to)-
Number of pages14
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume6312
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2001

Keywords

  • HAWKING RADIATION
  • SCHWARZSCHILD
  • ABSORPTION
  • SPACES

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