Black holes with quantum massive spin-2 hair

Gia Dvali
Phys. Rev. D 74, 044013 – Published 15 August 2006

Abstract

We show that black holes can posses a long range quantum-mechanical hair associated with a massive spin-2 field, which can be detected by a stringy generalization of the Aharovon-Bohm effect, in which a string loop lassoes the black hole. The long distance effect persist for arbitrarily high mass of the spin-2 field. An analogous effect is exhibited by a massive antisymmetric two-form field. We make a close parallel between the two and the ordinary Aharonov-Bohm phenomenon, and also show that in the latter case the effect can be experienced even by the electrically-neutral particles, provided some boundary terms are added to the action.

  • Received 2 June 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.74.044013

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Gia Dvali

  • Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA

  • *Electronic address: dvali@physics.nyu.edu

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Vol. 74, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2006

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