Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1998-10-21
Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 063009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
25 pages, Latex, 33 figures ; some incorrect references fixed
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.063009
Heckler has recently argued that the Hawking radiation emitted from microscopic black holes has sufficiently strong interactions above a certain critical temperature that it forms a photosphere, analogous to that of the sun. In this case, the visible radiation is much cooler than the central temperature at the Schwarzschild radius, in contrast to the naive expectation for the observable spectrum. We investigate these ideas more quantitatively by solving the Boltzmann equation using the test particle method. We confirm that at least two kinds of photospheres may form: a quark-gluon plasma for black holes of mass M_{BH} < 5 times 10^{14} g and an electron-positron-photon plasma for M_{BH} < 2 times 10^{12} g. The QCD photosphere extends from the black hole horizon to a distance of 0.2--4.0 fm for 10^9 g < M_{BH} < 5 10^{14} g, at which point quarks and gluons with average energy of order \Lambda_{QCD} hadronize. The QED photosphere starts at a distance of approximately 700 black hole radii and dissipates at about 400 fm, where the average energy of the emitted electrons, positrons and photons is inversely proportional to the black hole temperature, and significantly higher than was found by Heckler. The consequences of these photospheres for the cosmic diffuse gamma ray and antiproton backgrounds are discussed: bounds on the black hole contribution to the density of the universe are slightly weakened.
Cline James M.
Mostoslavsky Michael
Servant Geraldine
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