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The Horizon Energy of a Black Hole
We investigate the energy distribution of a black hole in various spacetimes
as reckoned by a distant observer using the quasi-local energy approach. In
each case the horizon mass of a black hole: neutral, charged or rotating, is
found to be twice the irreducible mass observed at infinity. This is known as
the Horizon Mass Theorem. As a consequence, the electrostatic energy and the
rotational energy of a general black hole are all external quantities. Matter
carrying charges and spins could only lie outside the horizon. This result
could resolve several long-standing paradoxes related to known black hole
properties; such as why entropy is proportional to area and not to volume, the
information loss problem, the firewall problem, the internal structure and the
thin shell model of a black hole.Comment: Contributed paper to the Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on
General Relativity, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, 12 - 18 July
2015 (7 pages) arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1706.0176
Is There Unification in the 21st Century?
In the last 100 years, the most important equations in physics are Maxwell's
equations for electrodynamics, Einstein's equation for gravity, Dirac's
equation for the electron and Yang-Mills equation for elementary particles. Do
these equations follow a common principle and come from a single theory?
Despite intensive efforts to unify gravity and the particle interactions in the
last 30 years, the goal is still to be achieved. Recent theories have not
answered any question in physics. We examine the issues involved in this long
quest to understand the ultimate nature of spacetime and matter.Comment: Lecture delievered in Conference in Honor of Murray Gell-Mann's 80th
Birthday. February 24 - 26, 2010. Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore. 10
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Are Black Holes Elementary Particles?
Quantum black holes are the smallest and heaviest conceivable elementary
particles. They have a microscopic size but a macroscopic mass. Several
fundamental types have been constructed with some remarkable properties.
Quantum black holes in the neighborhood of the Galaxy could resolve the paradox
of ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected in Earth's atmosphere. They may also
play a role as dark matter in cosmology.Comment: Lecture delivered in Conference on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and
Quantum Field Theory: 75 Years since Solvay, 27 -29 November 2008, Nanyang
Executive Centre, Singapore. 10 page
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