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Do static sources outside a Schwarzschild black hole radiate?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-12-30 v2

Abstract

We show that static sources coupled to a massless scalar field in Schwarzschild spacetime give rise to emission and absorption of zero-energy particles due to the presence of Hawking radiation. This is in complete analogy with the description of the bremsstrahlung by a uniformly accelerated charge from the coaccelerated observers' point of view. The response rate of the source is found to coincide with that in Minkowski spacetime as a function of its proper acceleration. This result may be viewed as restoration of the equivalence principle by the Hawking effect.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9609025,
  title  = {Do static sources outside a Schwarzschild black hole radiate?},
  author = {A. Higuchi and G. E. A. Matsas and D. Sudarsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9609025},
  year   = {2009}
}

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