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Breaking an Abelian gauge symmetry near a black hole horizon
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology · 2008 · Vol. 78(6)
Steven S. Gubser✉(Princeton University)
Abstract
I argue that coupling the Abelian Higgs model to gravity plus a negative cosmological constant leads to black holes which spontaneously break the gauge invariance via a charged scalar condensate slightly outside their horizon. This suggests that black holes can superconduct.
Black Holes and Theoretical PhysicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity TheoriesPhysicsBlack hole (networking)Abelian groupHorizonHiggs bosonNonsingular black hole modelsTheoretical physicsMathematical physicsParticle physicsQuantum electrodynamics
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