Tachyons and black hole horizons in gauge theory

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/1998/12/002MaRDI QIDQ1588198zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Kabat, Gilad Lifschytz

Publication date 3 December 2000

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9806214

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Black holes (83C57) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: Any probe which crosses the horizon of a black hole should be absorbed. In M(atrix) theory, for 0-brane probes of Schwarzschild black holes, we argue that the relevant absorption mechanism is a tachyon instability which sets in at the horizon. We give qualitative arguments, and some quantitative large-N calculations, in support of this claim. The tachyon instability provides an attractive mechanism for infalling matter to be captured and thermalized by a Schwarzschild black hole.

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