431 research outputs found
Geometrodynamical Formulation of Two-Dimensional Dilaton Gravity
Two-dimensional matterless dilaton gravity with arbitrary dilatonic potential
can be discussed in a unitary way, both in the Lagrangian and canonical
frameworks, by introducing suitable field redefinitions. The new fields are
directly related to the original spacetime geometry and in the canonical
picture they generalize the well-known geometrodynamical variables used in the
discussion of the Schwarzschild black hole. So the model can be quantized using
the techniques developed for the latter case. The resulting quantum theory
exhibits the Birkhoff theorem at the quantum level.Comment: 15 pages, LATE
Stability of naked singularities and algebraically special modes
We show that algebraically special modes lead to the instability of naked
singularity spacetimes with negative mass. Four-dimensional negative-mass
Schwarzschild and Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetimes are unstable. Stability of
the Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter spacetime depends on boundary conditions. We
briefly discuss the generalization of these results to charged and rotating
singularities.Comment: 6 pages. ReVTeX4. v2: Minor improvements and extended discussion on
boundary conditions. Version to appear in Phys. Rev.
Pre-big bang in M-theory
We discuss a simple cosmological model derived from M-theory. Three
assumptions lead naturally to a pre-big bang scenario: (a) 11-dimensional
supergravity describes the low-energy world; (b) non-gravitational fields live
on a three-dimensional brane; and (c) asymptotically past triviality.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, LaTeX (requires epsf
Spinor couplings to dilaton gravity induced by the dimensional reduction of topologically massive gravity
A Dirac spinor is coupled to topologically massive gravity and the D=3
dimensional action is reduced to D=2 dimensions with a metric that includes
both the electromagnetic potential 1-form A and a dilaton scalar \phi. The
dimensionnaly reduced spinor is made a mass eigenstate with a (local) chiral
rotation. The non-trivial interactions thus induced are discussed.Comment: 8 pages, no figure
Black hole particle emission in higher-dimensional spacetimes
In models with extra dimensions, a black hole evaporates both in the bulk and
on the visible brane, where standard model fields live. The exact emissivities
of each particle species are needed to determine how the black hole decay
proceeds. We compute and discuss the absorption cross-sections, the relative
emissivities and the total power output of all known fields in the evaporation
phase. Graviton emissivity is highly enhanced as the spacetime dimensionality
increases. Therefore, a black hole loses a significant fraction of its mass in
the bulk. This result has important consequences for the phenomenology of black
holes in models with extra dimensions and black hole detection in particle
colliders.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX 4. v3: Misprints in Tables correcte
Signatures of black holes at the LHC
Signatures of black hole events at CERN's Large Hadron Collider are
discussed. Event simulations are carried out with the Fortran Monte Carlo
generator CATFISH. Inelasticity effects, exact field emissivities, color and
charge conservation, corrections to semiclassical black hole evaporation,
gravitational energy loss at formation and possibility of a black hole remnant
are included in the analysis.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
Catfish: A Monte Carlo simulator for black holes at the LHC
We present a new Fortran Monte Carlo generator to simulate black hole events
at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The generator interfaces to the PYTHIA Monte
Carlo fragmentation code. The physics of the BH generator includes, but not
limited to, inelasticity effects, exact field emissivities, corrections to
semiclassical black hole evaporation and gravitational energy loss at
formation. These features are essential to realistically reconstruct the
detector response and test different models of black hole formation and decay
at the LHC.Comment: 22 pages, 8 eps figures. Matches version already published in
Computer Physics Communications. CATFISH code and documentation are available
at http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/catfis
Quantum Electromagnetic Wormholes and Geometrical Description of the Electric Charge
I present and discuss a class of solutions of the Wheeler-de Witt equation
describing wormholes generated by coupling of gravity to the electromagnetic
field for Kantowski-Sachs and Bianchi I spacetimes. Since the electric charge
can be viewed as electric lines of force trapped in a finite region of
spacetime, these solutions can be interpreted as the quantum corresponding of
the Ein\-stein\--Ro\-sen\--Mis\-ner\--Whee\-ler electromagnetic geon.Comment: 13 pages, PLAIN TEX, Report No: SISSA 92/94/A (to appear in Phys.
Rev. D15
The AdS/CFT correspondence in two dimensions
We review recent progress in understanding the anti-de Sitter/conformal field
theory correspondence in the context of two-dimensional dilaton gravity theory.Comment: Contribution to the Proceedings of the Euroconference on "Brane New
World and Noncommutative Geometry", Turin, October 200
Gravitational Larmor formula in higher dimensions
The Larmor formula for scalar and gravitational radiation from a pointlike
particle is derived in any even higher-dimensional flat spacetime. General
expressions for the field in the wave zone and the energy flux are obtained in
closed form. The explicit results in four and six dimensions are used to
illustrate the effect of extra dimensions on linear and uniform circular
motion. Prospects for detection of bulk gravitational radiation are briefly
discussed.Comment: 5 pages, no figure
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