Testing quantum gravity through dumb holes
- School of Physics, Damghan University, Damghan (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4 (Canada)
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli ”Frederico II” Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Edificio G, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
We propose a method to test the effects of quantum fluctuations on black holes by analyzing the effects of thermal fluctuations on dumb holes, the analogs for black holes. The proposal is based on the Jacobson formalism, where the Einstein field equations are viewed as thermodynamical relations, and so the quantum fluctuations are generated from the thermal fluctuations. It is well known that all approaches to quantum gravity generate logarithmic corrections to the entropy of a black hole and the coefficient of this term varies according to the different approaches to the quantum gravity. It is possible to demonstrate that such logarithmic terms are also generated from thermal fluctuations in dumb holes. In this paper, we claim that it is possible to experimentally test such corrections for dumb holes, and also obtain the correct coefficient for them. This fact can then be used to predict the effects of quantum fluctuations on realistic black holes, and so it can also be used, in principle, to experimentally test the different approaches to quantum gravity.
- OSTI ID:
- 22617466
- Journal Information:
- Annals of Physics, Journal Name: Annals of Physics Vol. 377; ISSN 0003-4916; ISSN APNYA6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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