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Mapping 1+1-dimensional black hole thermodynamics to finite volume effects
by Jean Alexandre, Drew Backhouse, Eleni-Alexandra Kontou, Diego Pardo Santos, and Silvia Pla
Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Diego Pardo Santos |
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| Preprint Link: | scipost_202411_00018v1 (pdf) |
| Date submitted: | 2024-11-07 17:45 |
| Submitted by: | Pardo Santos, Diego |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Theoretical |
Abstract
Both black hole thermodynamics and finite volume effects in quantum field theory violate the null energy condition. Motivated by this, we compare thermodynamic features between two 1+1-dimensional systems: (i) a scalar field confined to a periodic spatial interval of length $a$ and tunneling between two degenerate vacua; (ii) a dilatonic black hole at temperature $T$ in the presence of matter fields. If we identify $a\propto T^{-1}$, we find similar thermodynamic behaviour, which suggests some deeper connection arising from the presence of non-trivial boundary conditions in both systems.
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In refereeing