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An Implication of "Gravity as the Weakest Force"

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

The negative specific heat of a radiating black hole is indicative of a cataclysmic endpoint to the evaporation process. In this letter, we suggest a simple mechanism for circumventing such a dramatic outcome. The basis for our argument is a conjecture that was recently proposed by Arkani-Hamed and collaborators. To put it another way, we use their notion of ``Gravity as the Weakest Force'' as a means of inhibiting the process of black hole evaporation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0611196,
  title  = {An Implication of "Gravity as the Weakest Force"},
  author = {A. J. M. Medved},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0611196},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

7 pages; v2 some discussion clarified

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