Litim, Daniel F and Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos (2014) Quantum gravity effects in Myers-Perry space-times. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014 (4). ISSN 1029-8479

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Abstract

We study quantum gravity effects for Myers-Perry black holes assuming that the leading contributions arise from the renormalization group evolution of Newton's coupling. Provided that gravity weakens following the asymptotic safety conjecture, we find that quantum effects lift a degeneracy of higher-dimensional black holes, and dominate over kinematical ones induced by rotation, particularly for small black hole mass, large angular momentum, and higher space-time dimensionality. Quantum-corrected space-times display inner and outer horizons, and show the existence of a black hole of smallest mass in any dimension. Ultra-spinning solutions no longer persist. Thermodynamic properties including temperature, specific heat, the Komar integrals, and aspects of black hole mechanics are studied as well. Observing a softening of the ring singularity, we also discuss the validity of classical energy conditions.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Black holes, Models of quantum gravity, Renormalisation group
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Theoretical Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Richard Chambers
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2016 11:22
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2017 15:25
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/63619

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