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Photon Decay at the Schwarzschild Horizon

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A recent proposal that gravity theory is an emergent phenomenon also entails the possibility of photon decay near the Schwarzschild event horizon. We present a possible mechanism for such decay, which utilizes a dimensional reduction near the horizon.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0105069,
  title  = {Photon Decay at the Schwarzschild Horizon},
  author = {B. Altschul and R. Jackiw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0105069},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, no figures