https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1622-5
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
There are no quantum corrections to the Hawking temperature via tunneling from a fixed background
1
Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 2Y5, Canada
2
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
* e-mail: ayale@perimeterinstitute.ca
Received:
21
February
2011
Revised:
7
March
2011
Published online:
9
April
2011
It has recently, and repeatedly, been claimed that higher-order quantum corrections to the Hawking temperature can be calculated in a framework where a free particle tunnels from the event horizon of a fixed black hole background. We highlight a few important issues with these claims to finally conclude that no such higher-order corrections exist. Rather, these illusory corrections stem from a misleading definition of the energy.
© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica, 2011
