Quantum hair in electrodynamics and gravity
Quantum hair in electrodynamics and gravity
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DOI:
10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04201-z
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发表时间:
2023-07-05
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Hsu, Stephen D. H.
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作者:
Calmet, Xavier;Hsu, Stephen D. H.
We demonstrate the existence of quantum hair in electrodynamics and gravity using effective action techniques. In the case of electrodynamics we use the Euler-Heisenberg effective action, while in the case of quantum gravity we use the unique effective action. We give a general formulation of these effects which applies to both theories and discuss analogies and differences between them. Furthermore, we present a QED analog to black hole evaporation. Spontaneous pair production in the external field of a ball of charge is analogous to Hawking radiation from black holes. Assuming spherical symmetry, the Gauss law prevents the external field from depending on the density profile of the ball. Quantum corrections violate these expectations, showing that quantum radiation can encode classically forbidden information about the source.