The entropy bound and the self-energy of charges in the Schwinger model on black hole backgrounds (Q2487262)

Beyond their applications in string theory and statistical mechanics, two-dimensional models can be used as theoretical laboratories to study problems, which because of computational hurdles, are involved in four dimensions. One of these models is two-dimensional quantum electrodynamics, known as the Schwinger model. In the present paper the author computes the \(q \bar q\) potential in the Schwinger model on the Schwarzschild black hole. This potential is also discussed using the WKB approximation for slowly varying metrics and it is shown that only zero frequency modes contribute to the \(q \bar q\) potential near the horizon. Thus, another approximation must be used. Depending on the order of the approximation, near horizon, the space-time behaves like Rindler or (A)dS space-time and for both of them the \(q \bar q\) potential is determined. The entropy bound for a charged object using the generalized second law is studied. In the end, using the similarity between the behaviour of the gauge field in an effective non-uniform dielectric medium and in a static gravitational background, it is shown that the (massless) Schwinger model in AdS black holes exhibits a confining behaviour.