On the origin of the particles in black hole evaporation

Apr, 2008
4 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 78 (2008) 041504
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present an analytic derivation of Hawking radiation for an arbitrary (spatial) dispersion relation ω(k)\omega(k) as a model for ultra-high energy deviations from general covariance. It turns out that the Hawking temperature is proportional to the product of the group dω/dkd\omega/dk and phase ω/k\omega/k velocities evaluated at the frequency ω\omega of the outgoing radiation far away, which suggests that Hawking radiation is basically a low-energy phenomenon. Nevertheless, a group velocity growing too fast at ultra-short distances would generate Hawking radiation at ultra-high energies (``ultra-violet catastrophe'') and hence should not be a realistic model for the microscopic structure of quantum gravity.
  • 04.60.-m
  • 04.70.Dy
  • 04.62.+v
  • radiation: Hawking
  • temperature: Hawking
  • black hole: evaporation
  • dispersion relation
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