Black hole evaporation and stress tensor correlations

Monti, Mirko (2014) Black hole evaporation and stress tensor correlations. [Laurea magistrale], Università di Bologna, Corso di Studio in Fisica [LM-DM270]
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Abstract

General Relativity is one of the greatest scientific achievementes of the 20th century along with quantum theory. These two theories are extremely beautiful and they are well verified by experiments, but they are apparently incompatible. Hints towards understanding these problems can be derived studying Black Holes, some the most puzzling solutions of General Relativity. The main topic of this Master Thesis is the study of Black Holes, in particular the Physics of Hawking Radiation. After a short review of General Relativity, I study in detail the Schwarzschild solution with particular emphasis on the coordinates systems used and the mathematical proof of the classical laws of Black Hole "Thermodynamics". Then I introduce the theory of Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime, from Bogolubov transformations to the Schwinger-De Witt expansion, useful for the renormalization of the stress energy tensor. After that I introduce a 2D model of gravitational collapse to study the Hawking radiation phenomenon. Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of the quantum states, from correlations to the physical implication of this quantum effect (e.g. Information Paradox, Black Hole Thermodynamics). Then I introduce the renormalized stress energy tensor. Using the Schwinger-De Witt expansion I renormalize this object and I compute it analytically in the various quantum states of interest. Moreover, I study the correlations between these objects. They are interesting because they are linked to the Hawking radiation experimental search in acoustic Black Hole models. In particular I find that there is a characteristic peak in correlations between points inside and outside the Black Hole region, which correpsonds to entangled excitations inside and outside the Black Hole. These peaks hopefully will be measurable soon in supersonic BEC.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di laurea (Laurea magistrale)
Autore della tesi
Monti, Mirko
Relatore della tesi
Scuola
Corso di studio
Indirizzo
Curriculum A: Teorico generale
Ordinamento Cds
DM270
Parole chiave
Hawking Radiation, Black Holes, Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime
Data di discussione della Tesi
27 Giugno 2014
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