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Quantum Kinetic Theory of a Massless Scalar Model in the Presence of a Schwarzschild Black Hole

2017/03/31 by Slava Emelyanov · 5 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Black hole (networking) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #General relativity #Geometry #Gravitation #Kinetic energy #Massless particle #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Scalar (mathematics) #Scalar field #Schwarzschild metric #Schwarzschild radius #gr-qc #hep-th #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/andp.201700078

published in Annalen der Physik 529(10) (Wiley) · version to be published in Annalen der Physik

arxiv created 2017/05/29 · openalex publication_date 2017/07/17 · openalex created_date 2017/07/31 · arxiv updated 2017/08/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Abstract We employ quantum kinetic theory to investigate local quantum physics in the background of spherically symmetric and neutral black holes formed through the gravitational collapse. For this purpose in mind, we derive and study the covariant Wigner distribution function near to and far away from the black‐hole horizon. We find that the local density of the particle number is negative in the near‐horizon region, while the entropy density is imaginary. These pose a question whether kinetic theory is applicable in the near‐horizon region. We elaborate on that and propose a possible interpretation of how this result might nevertheless be self‐consistently understood.

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