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Quantum toy model for black-hole back-reaction

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We propose a simple quantum field theoretical toy model for black hole evaporation and study the back-reaction of Hawking radiation onto the classical background. It turns out that the horizon is also ``pushed back'' in this situation (i.e., the interior region shrinks) but this back-reaction is not caused by energy conservation but by momentum balance. The effective heat capacity and the induced entropy variation can have both signs -- depending on the parameters of the model. PACS: 04.62.+v, 04.70.Dy.

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@article{arxiv.0706.4010,
  title  = {Quantum toy model for black-hole back-reaction},
  author = {Clovis Maia and Ralf Schützhold},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.4010},
  year   = {2008}
}
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