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Pair creation rate for $U(1)^2$ black holes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-28 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

I consider a truncation of low-energy string theory which contains two U(1)U(1) gauge fields. After making some general comments on the theory, I describe a previously-obtained instanton for the pair creation of black holes when both gauge fields are non-zero, and obtain the pair creation rate by calculating its action. This calculation agrees qualitatively with the earlier calculation of the pair creation rate for black holes in Einstein-Maxwell theory. That is, the pair creation is strongly suppressed in realizable circumstances, and it reduces to the Schwinger result in the point-particle limit. The pair creation of non-extreme black holes is enhanced over that of extreme black holes by eAbh/4e^{{\cal A}_{bh}/4}.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9509010,
  title  = {Pair creation rate for $U(1)^2$ black holes},
  author = {Simon F. Ross},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9509010},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex, 16 pages, no figures, slight changes to references