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We show that observational limits on the possible time variation of constants of Nature are significantly affected by allowing for both space and time variation. Bekenstein's generalisation of Maxwell's equations to allow for cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John D. Barrow , Chris O'Toole

We analyze the thermodynamic response near extremality of charged black holes in four-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell theory with a positive cosmological constant. The latter exhibit three different extremal limits, dubbed cold, Nariai and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-02 Alejandra Castro , Francesca Mariani , Chiara Toldo

We put bounds on the variation of the value of the fine structure constant $\alpha$, at the time of Big Bang nucleosynthesis. We study carefully all light elements up to $^7$Li. We correct a previous upper limit on $|\Delta \alpha /…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Bergstrom , S. Iguri , H. Rubinstein

We explore possible effects of vacuum energy on the evolution of black holes. If the universe contains a cosmological constant, and if black holes can absorb energy from the vacuum, then black hole evaporation could be greatly suppressed.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Fred C. Adams , Manasse Mbonye , Gregory Laughlin

This study investigates the implications of adopting fractional entropy in the area law framework and demonstrates its natural alignment with an isothermal description of black hole composition. We discuss the Zeroth law compatibility of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-08 Manosh T. Manoharan , N. Shaji

Ultralight dark photons predicted in several Standard Model extensions can trigger the superradiant instability around rotating black holes if their Compton wavelength is comparable to the Blackhole radius. Consequently, the angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-02 Diptimoy Ghosh , Divya Sachdeva

We show that primordial (nearly) extremal black holes with a wide range of masses from the Planck scale to around $10^9$ g could be cosmologically stable and explain dark matter, given a dark electromagnetism and a heavy dark electron. For…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-03-11 Yang Bai , Nicholas Orlofsky

Theories unifying gravity with other interactions suggest spatial and temporal variation of fundamental "constants" in the Universe. A change in the fine structure constant, alpha, could be detected via shifts in the frequencies of atomic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. C. Berengut , V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum , J. A. King , M. G. Kozlov , M. T. Murphy , J. K. Webb

If the fine structure constant $\alpha =e^2/(\hbar c)$ were to change, then a number of interpretations would be possible, attributing this change either to variations in the electron charge, the dielectric constant of the vacuum, the speed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John D. Barrow , Joao Magueijo

It is assumed that the dark energy observed today is frozen as a result of a phase transition involving the source of that energy. Postulating that the dark energy de-coherence which results from this phase transition drives statistical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 James V. Lindesay , H. Pierre Noyes , E. D. Jones

Accretion disks around supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei produce continuum radiation at ultraviolet and optical wavelengths. Physical processes in the accretion flow lead to stochastic variability of this emission on a wide…

In gauge invariant theories, like Einstein-Maxwell theory, physical observables should be gauge invariant. In particular, mass, entropy, angular momentum, electric charge and their respective chemical potentials, temperature, horizon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-21 K. Hajian , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari , B. Tekin

The microstructure of black holes is a mystery. There is yet no resolution of basic questions such as what the constituent particles are. We work here with black hole thermodynamics (BHT), and the metric geometry of thermodynamics, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-12 George Ruppeiner , Alexandru-Mihail Sturzu

We analyze the exact general relativistic exact integro-differential equation of radiative transfer describing the interaction of low energy photons with a Maxwellian distribution of hot electrons in gravitational field of a Schwarzschild…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Lev Titarchuk , Thomas Zannias

In a recent propposal, the cosmological constant has been considered as as a new thermodynamical variable and its change is related to the radiation produced by black holes. Using this consideration and by modelling the primordial black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-06-26 Alexis Larranaga , J. M. Tejeiro

We obtain the accretion, evaporation and superradiance phase diagram of astrophysical and primordial black holes in the mass range $10^{-33}-10^{11} \, M_\odot $. This black hole mass range corresponds to production of $10^{-21} - 10^{21}$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-02 Caner Unal

The aim of this paper is to derive limits on various forms of ``new physics'' using atomic experimental data. Interactions with dark energy and dark matter fields can lead to space-time variations of fundamental constants, which can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-24 V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum , A. J. Mansour

In this paper, we consider the effect of thermal fluctuations on the entropy of both neutral and charged black holes. We emphasize the distinction between fixed and fluctuating charge systems; using a canonical ensemble to describe the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Gilad Gour , A. J. M. Medved

The comparison of different atomic transition frequencies over time can be used to determine the present value of the temporal derivative of the fine structure constant alpha in a model-independent way without assumptions on constancy or…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Peik , B. Lipphardt , H. Schnatz , T. Schneider , Chr. Tamm , S. G. Karshenboim

Accurate and powerful analytic and computational methods developped by the author allow to obtain the highly non trivial total absorption spectrum of the Black Hole, as well as phase shifts and cross sections (elastic and inelastic), the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Sanchez