Fermions tunnelling from black holes

By R. Kerner, Robert B. Mann. 2007

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We investigate the tunnelling of spin-1/2 particles through event horizons. We first apply the tunnelling method to Rindler spacetime and obtain the Unruh temperature. We then apply fermion tunnelling to a general non-rotating black hole metric and show that the Hawking temperature is recovered.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mathematical Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/02b2ce89a27c25d60a7333cb6ec79fe7d45009d1

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• Charged fermions tunnelling from Kerr–Newman black holes (2008, neutral): “Dy, Keywords: black holes, Kerr-Newman, fermions, tunnelling, Hawking temperature”