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On geometric relativistic foundations of matter field equations and plane wave solutions
In this paper, we start from the geometric relativistic foundations to define
the basis upon which matter field theories are built, and their wave solutions
are investigated, finding that they display repulsive interactions able to
reproduce the exclusion principle in terms of its effects in a dynamical way,
then discussing possible consequences and problems.Comment: 11 page
Metric Solutions in Torsionless Gauge for Vacuum Conformal Gravity
In a recent paper we have established the form of the metric-torsional
conformal gravitational field equations, and in the present paper we study
their vacuum configurations; we will consider a specific situation that will
enable us to look for the torsionless limit: two types of special exact
solutions are found eventually. A discussion on general remarks will follow.Comment: 11 page
The Holographic Interpretation of Hawking Radiation
Holography gives us a tool to view the Hawking effect from a new, classical
perspective. In the context of Randall-Sundrum braneworld models, we show that
the basic features of four-dimensional evaporating solutions are nicely
translated into classical five-dimensional language. This includes the dual
bulk description of particles tunneling through the horizon.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, Honorable Mention in the Gravity Research
Foundation Essay Competition 200
Quantum effects in Acoustic Black Holes: the Backreaction
We investigate the backreaction equations for an acoustic black hole formed
in a Laval nozzle under the assumption that the motion of the fluid is
one-dimensional. The solution in the near-horizon region shows that as phonons
are (thermally) radiated the sonic horizon shrinks and the temperature
decreases. This contrasts with the behaviour of Schwarzschild black holes, and
is similar to what happens in the evaporation of (near-extremal)
Reissner-Nordstrom black holes (i.e. infinite evaporation time). Finally, by
appropriate boundary conditions the solution is extended in both the asymptotic
regions of the nozzle.Comment: 23 pages, latex, 1 figure; revised version, to appear in Phys. Rev.
A Planck-like problem for quantum charged black holes
Motivated by the parallelism existing between the puzzles of classical
physics at the beginning of the XXth century and the current paradoxes in the
search of a quantum theory of gravity, we give, in analogy with Planck's black
body radiation problem, a solution for the exact Hawking flux of evaporating
Reissner-Nordstrom black holes. Our results show that when back-reaction
effects are fully taken into account the standard picture of black hole
evaporation is significantly altered, thus implying a possible resolution of
the information loss problem.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX file, Awarded Fifth Prize in the Gravity Research
Foundation Essay Competition for 200
A Discussion on Dirac Field Theory, No-Go Theorems and Renormalizability
We study Dirac field equations coupled to electrodynamics with metric and
torsion fields: we discuss how special spinorial solutions are incompatible
with torsion; eventually these results will be used to sketch a discussion on
the problem of renormalizability of point-like particles.Comment: 10 page
Particles and energy fluxes from a CFT perspective
We analyze the creation of particles in two dimensions under the action of
conformal transformations. We focus our attention on Mobius transformations and
compare the usual approach, based on the Bogolubov coefficients, with an
alternative but equivalent viewpoint based on correlation functions. In the
latter approach the absence of particle production under full Mobius
transformations is manifest. Moreover, we give examples, using the
moving-mirror analogy, to illustrate the close relation between the production
of quanta and energy.Comment: Revised version. To appear in Phys.Rev.
Two-dimensional black holes in accelerated frames: quantum aspects
By considering charged black hole solutions of a one parameter family of two
dimensional dilaton gravity theories, one finds the existence of quantum
mechanically stable gravitational kinks with a simple mass to charge relation.
Unlike their Einsteinian counterpart (i.e. extreme Reissner-Nordstr\"om), these
have nonvanishing horizon surface gravity.Comment: 18 pages, harvmac, 2 figure
Two-dimensional Quantum Black Holes, Branes in BTZ and Holography
We solve semiclassical Einstein equations in two dimensions with a massive
source and we find a static, thermodynamically stable, quantum black hole
solution in the Hartle-Hawking vacuum state. We then study the black hole
geometry generated by a boundary mass sitting on a non-zero tension 1-brane
embedded in a three-dimensional BTZ black hole. We show that the two geometries
coincide and we extract, using holographic relations, information about the CFT
living on the 1-brane. Finally, we show that the quantum black hole has the
same temperature of the bulk BTZ, as expected from the holographic principle.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, RevTex, ``point particle of mass \mu '' changed
with ``massive boundary source'' for better clarity. Action in (50) written
in Z_2 symmetric form. Appendix clarified. Minor corrections and references
added. Version accepted for pubblication in PRD15 (2006
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