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Do Black Holes Produce Phantom Energy?

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We conjecture that black holes, whether accreting matter or not, can also lose mass to phantom energy production. Such a process can be made plausible in theories that allow for non-local connections between short and long wavelength modes. If true, observational data should show an exchange of energy from matter to phantom at some cosmic epoch, and we discuss a simple model. Some remarks on an appropriate quantum gravity theory and related issues are also presented.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0503325,
  title  = {Do Black Holes Produce Phantom Energy?},
  author = {George Svetlichny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0503325},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages, LaTeX, v2 purely stylistic changes