Black Holes and Biophysical (Mem)-branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-12-10 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We argue that the effective theory describing the long-wavelength dynamics of black branes is the same effective theory that describes the dynamics of biophysical membranes. We improve the phase structure of higher-dimensional black rings by considering finite thickness corrections in this effective theory, showing a striking agreement between our analytical results and recent numerical constructions while simultaneously drawing a parallel between gravity and the effective theory of biophysical membranes.
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@article{arxiv.1402.6330,
title = {Black Holes and Biophysical (Mem)-branes},
author = {Jay Armas and Troels Harmark},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.6330},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
v2: 5pp, 3 figures, improved introduction, to be published in PRD