Black hole portal into hidden valleys

Journal Article · Sun May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.83.106002· OSTI ID:21502653

Dubovsky, Sergei; Gorbenko, Victor ^[1]

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1. Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, New York, 10003 (United States)

Superradiant instability turns rotating astrophysical black holes into unique probes of light axions. We consider what happens when a light axion is coupled to a strongly coupled hidden gauge sector. In this case superradiance results in an adiabatic increase of a hidden sector CP-violating {theta} parameter in a near horizon region. This may trigger a first order phase transition in the gauge sector. As a result a significant fraction of a black hole mass is released as a cloud of hidden mesons and can be later converted into electromagnetic radiation. This results in a violent electromagnetic burst. The characteristic frequency of such bursts may range from {approx}100 eV to {approx}100 MeV.

• OSTI ID: 21502653
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 83, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.106002; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ASTROPHYSICS
AXIONS
BLACK HOLES
CP INVARIANCE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
GAUGE INVARIANCE
INSTABILITY
MASS
MESONS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
SUPERRADIANCE
BOSONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EMISSION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
GOLDSTONE BOSONS
HADRONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
PHOTON EMISSION
PHYSICS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
RADIATIONS
STIMULATED EMISSION