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Hawking radiation from squashed Kaluza-Klein black holes: A window to extra dimensions

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Mathematics and Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585 (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501 (Japan)
We explore the observability of extra dimensions through five-dimensional squashed Kaluza-Klein black holes residing in the Kaluza-Klein spacetime. With the expectation that the Hawking radiation reflects the five-dimensional nature of the squashed horizon, we study the Hawking radiation of a scalar field in the squashed black hole background. As a result, we show that the luminosity of Hawking radiation tells us the size of the extra dimension, namely, the squashed Kaluza-Klein black holes open a window to extra dimensions.
OSTI ID:
21032252
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 76; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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