Absorption of scalars by extremal black holes in string theory

作者：Moura Filipe^*

来源：General Relativity and Gravitation, 2017, 49(9): 117.

DOI：10.1007/s10714-017-2285-9

• Black holes in higher dimensions
• Superstring effective actions
• Gravitational aspects of string theory

We show that the low frequency absorption cross section of minimally coupled test massless scalar fields by extremal spherically symmetric black holes in d dimensions is equal to the horizon area, even in the presence of string-theoretical alpha' corrections. Classically one has the relation sigma = 4GS between that absorption cross section and the black hole entropy. By comparing in each case the values of the horizon area and Wald's entropy, we discuss the validity of such relation in the presence of higher derivative corrections for extremal black holes in many different contexts: in the presence of electric and magnetic charges; for nonsupersymmetric and supersymmetric black holes; in d = 4 and d = 5 dimensions. The examples we consider seem to indicate that this relation is not verified in the presence of alpha' corrections in general, although being valid in some specific cases ( electrically charged maximally supersymmetric black holes in d = 5). We argue that the relation s = 4GS should in general be valid for the absorption cross section of scalar fields which, although being independent from the black hole solution, have their origin from string theory, and therefore are not minimally coupled.

• 出版日期2017-9