Quantum Phase Transitions and the Breakdown of Classical General Relativity

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2000-12-25

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0012094v1

Int.J.Mod.Phys. A18 (2003) 3587-3590

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages of RevTeX, 9 eps figures

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217751X03016380

It is proposed that the event horizon of a black hole is a quantum phase transition of the vacuum of space-time analogous to the liquid-vapor critical point of a bose fluid. The equations of classical general relativity remain valid arbitrarily close to the horizon yet fail there through the divergence of a characteristic coherence length. The integrity of global time, required for conventional quantum mechanics to be defined, is maintained. The metric inside the event horizon is different from that predicted by classical general relativity and may be de Sitter space. The deviations from classical behavior lead to distinct spectroscopic and bolometric signatures that can, in principle, be observed at large distances from the black hole.

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