Breaking an Abelian gauge symmetry near a black hole horizon

Journal Article · Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.78.065034· OSTI ID:21254188

Gubser, Steven S ^[1]

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1. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)

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.

• OSTI ID: 21254188
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 78, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.065034; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BLACK HOLES
CONDENSATES
COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT
COUPLING
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GRAVITATION
HIGGS MODEL
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SYMMETRY BREAKING