Tachyons and black hole horizons in gauge theory

Kabat, Daniel N.; Lifschytz, Gilad

doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1998/12/002

Tachyons and black hole horizons in gauge theory

Jun, 1998

22 pages

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JHEP 12 (1998) 002

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hep-th/9806214 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1088/1126-6708/1998/12/002

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IASSNS-HEP-98-60

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Abstract:

Any probe which crosses the horizon of a black hole should be absorbed. In M(atrix) theory, for 0-brane probes of Schwarzschild black holes, we argue that the relevant absorption mechanism is a tachyon instability which sets in at the horizon. We give qualitative arguments, and some quantitative large-N calculations, in support of this claim. The tachyon instability provides an attractive mechanism for infalling matter to be captured and thermalized by a Schwarzschild black hole.

black hole: horizon
M-theory
membrane model: D-brane
tachyon: stability
expansion 1/N
gauge field theory: Yang-Mills

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