Quantum probes of timelike naked singularities in the weak field regime of f(R)f(R) global monopole spacetime

The formation of a naked singularity in $f(R)$ global monopole spacetime is considered in view of quantum mechanics. Quantum test fields obeying the Klein$-$Gordon, Dirac and Maxwell equations are used to probe the classical timelike naked singularity developed at $r=0$. We prove that the spatial derivative operator of the fields fails to be essentially self-adjoint. As a result, the classical timelike naked singularity formed in $f(R)$ global monopole spacetime remains quantum mechanically singular when it is probed with quantum fields having different spin structures. Pitelli and Letelier (Phys. Rev. D 80, 104035, 2009) had shown that for quantum scalar ($spin$ $0$% ) probes the general relativistic global monopole singularity remains intact. For specific modes electromagnetic ($spin$ $1$) and Dirac field ($$ $1/2$) probes, however, we show that the global monopole spacetime behaves quantum mechanically regular. The admissibility of this singularity is also incorporated within the Gubser's singularity conjecture.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in JHEP. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1205.512

2+1-dimensional electrically charged black holes in Einstein - Power Maxwell Theory

A large family of new black hole solutions in 2+1-dimensional Einstein-Power-Maxwell (EPM) gravity with prescribed physical properties is derived. We show with particular examples that according to the power parameter k of the Maxwell field, the obtained solutions may be asymptotically flat for 1/21 in the vanishing cosmological constant limit. We study the thermodynamic properties of the solution with two different models and it is shown that thermodynamic quantities satisfy the first law. The behaviour of the heat capacity indicates that by employing the 1+1-dimensional dilaton analogy the local thermodynamic stability is satisfied.Comment: 10 pages, Major revision, new references are added, no figure, to appear in PR