Comment on "Black hole constraints on varying fundamental constants"

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2008-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/0808.2518v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.102:069001,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Comment on arXiv:0706.2188 [PRL 99, 061301] by Jane MacGibbon

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.069001

In the Letter [1] (also [2]) there is a claim that the generalised second law of thermodynamics (entropy increase) for black holes provides some limits on the rate of variation of the fundamental constants of nature (electric charge e, speed of light c, etc.). We have come to a different conclusion. The results in [1,2] are based on assumption that mass of a black hole does not change without radiation and accreation. We present arguments showing that this assumption is incorrect and give an estimate of the black hole mass variation due to alpha=e^2/\hbar c variation using entropy (and quantum energy level) conservation in an adiabatic process. No model-independent limits on the variation of the fundamental constants are derived from the second law of thermodynamics.

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