Cosmological Horizon Research Articles

Catastrophic emission of charges from near-extremal Nariai black holes

Using both the in-out formalism and the monodromy method, we study the emission of charges from near-extremal charged Nariai black holes with the black hole event and cosmological horizons close to each other, whose near-horizon geometry is dS2×S2. The emission becomes catastrophic for a charge with energy greater than its chemical potential, whose leading exponential factor increases inversely proportional to the separation of two horizons. This effect may prevent near-extremal Nariai black holes with large charges that evaporate dominantly through the charge emission from evolving to black holes with a naked singularity, in analog to near-extremal RN-dS black holes that have the Breitenlohner-Friedman bound, below which they become stable against Hawking radiation and Schwinger effect of charge emission. The near-extremal Nariai black holes with small charges, which are close to near-extremal Schwarzschild-de Sitter black holes, emit dominantly charge-neutral particles and evolve to black holes with increasing charge to mass ratio. We illuminate the origin of the catastrophic emission in the phase-integral formulation and monodromy method by comparing near-extremal charged Nariai black holes with near-extremal Reissner-Nordtröm-dS black holes. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Schwinger vs Unruh (Mini-review)

It is shown that the temperatures which characterise the Unruh effect, the Gibbons-Hawking radiation from the de Sitter cosmological horizon and the Hawking radiation from the black hole horizon acquire the extra factor 2 compared with their traditional values. The reason for that is the coherence of different processes. The combination of the coherent processes also allows us to make the connection between the Schwinger pair production and the Unruh effect.

Non-linear charged dS spacetime and its thermodynamics and Schottky Anomaly

Abstract In this paper, firstly, the conditions and existence region for the coexistence of the black hole and cosmological horizons in Non-linear charged dS (NLC-dS) spacetime are discussed, subsequently, the thermodynamic quantities for which the boundary conditions are satisfied in spacetime in the coexistence region of the two horizons are discussed, and the effective thermodynamic quantities in the NLC-dS spacetime in the coexistence region with two horizons are presented. Based on these, the heat capacity in the coexistence region with two horizons is addressed, the behavior of the heat capacity in the NLC-dS spacetime in the aforementioned region is found to exhibit the characteristics of Schottky specific heat. In order to investigate the intrinsic reason of the heat capacity in spacetime, regarding the two horizons in the NLC-dS spacetime as two distinct energy levels, consequently, the microscopic particles at different horizons exhibit disparate energies. Using the heat capacity relationship between the two-energy level in an ordinary thermodynamic system, the heat capacity in dS spacetime is discussed, it is observed that the behavior of the heat capacity is analogous to that of the two-energy levels in an ordinary thermodynamic system. The number of microscopic particles in the two-level system is approximated by comparing the maximum value of the heat capacity of the system with the maximum value obtained by treating the two horizons in the NLC-dS spacetime as a two-energy-level system of two distinct energies. This conclusion reflects the quantum properties of the coexistence region with two horizons in the NLC-dS spacetime. It provides a new avenue for further study of the thermodynamic properties of black holes and the quantum properties of de Sitter spacetime.

Simulating the Universe from the cosmological horizon to halo scales

Ultra-large scales close to the cosmological horizon will be probed by the upcoming observational campaigns. They hold the promise to constrain single-field inflation as well as general relativity, but in order to include them in the forthcoming analyses, their modelling has to be robust. In particular, general relativistic effects may be mistaken for primordial signals, and no consensus has emerged either from analytical modelling nor from the numerical route, obstructed by the large dynamical range to be simulated. In this work, we present a numerical technique to overcome the latter limitation: we compute the general relativistic displacement field with the N-body relativistic code gevolution and combine it with the accurate Newtonian simulation Gadget-4. This combination leads to an effective simulation reproducing the desired behaviour at the level of the matter power spectrum and bispectrum. We then measure, for the first time in a simulation, the relativistic scale-dependent bias in Poisson gauge; at redshift z = 0, we find b 1 GR = -8.1 ± 2.8. Our results at the field level are only valid in the Poisson gauge and need to be complemented with a relativistic ray tracing algorithm to compute the number count observable.

Traces of Quantum Gravity Effects at Late-time Cosmological Dynamics via Distance Measures

Inspired by the entropy–area relation of black hole thermodynamics, we study the thermodynamics of the cosmological apparent horizon in a spatially flat Friedmann–Robertson–Walker universe in the framework of an extended uncertainty principle (EUP). The adopted EUP naturally admits a minimal measurable momentum (equivalently a maximal measurable length), as an infrared cutoff in the theory. We derive the modified Friedmann equations in this setup and explore some predictions of these equations for the late-time universe via distance measures. We show that in this framework it is possible to realize the late-time cosmic speedup and transition to the phantom phase of the equation-of-state parameter of the effective cosmic fluid without recourse to any dark energy component or modified gravity. Inspection of various distance measures in this framework shows that an EUP with a negative deformation parameter suffices for the interpretation of the late-time asymptotically de Sitter universe with standard nonrelativistic matter.

Look Beyond Additivity and Extensivity of Entropy for Black Hole and Cosmological Horizons.

We present a comparative analysis of the plethora of nonextensive and/or nonadditive entropies which go beyond the standard Boltzmann-Gibbs formulation. After defining the basic notions of additivity, extensivity, and composability, we discuss the properties of these entropies and their mutual relations, if they exist. The results are presented in two informative tables that are of strong interest to the gravity and cosmology community in the context of the recently intensively explored horizon entropies for black hole and cosmological models. Gravitational systems admit long-range interactions, which usually lead to a break of the standard additivity rule for thermodynamic systems composed of subsystems in Boltzmann-Gibbs thermodynamics. The features of additivity, extensivity, and composability are listed systematically. A brief discussion on the validity of the notion of equilibrium temperature for nonextensive systems is also presented.

Flat-space limit of holographic pseudoentropy in (A)dS spacetimes

The real part of pseudoentropy in conformal field theories is holographically calculated by the area of some extremal spacelike surfaces in the dual de Sitter (dS) and anti–de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes. We show that the flat-space limit of these curves in three-dimensional (A)dS spacetimes is well defined. We find that, if the length of the curves is calculated from the radial coordinate where the retarded time is extremum, then after taking the flat-space limit, the entanglement entropy of the dual theory of three-dimensional flat spacetime is obtained. For dS spacetime, the radial coordinate corresponding to the extremum of retarded time is located inside the cosmological horizon. Our results suggest that, on the field theory side, the entanglement entropy in the dual theory of flat spacetimes should be obtained from the ultrarelativistic limit of pseudoentropy in the dual conformal field theory to (A)dS spacetimes. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Greybody factor of uncharged black hole in symmetric teleparallel gravity

In this study, we investigate the greybody factor of a (3+1)-dimensional black hole solution in the context of alternative f(Q) gravity with minimum scalar field coupling. We obtain the radial equation by applying the Klein–Gordon equation and transforming it into a Schrodinger wave equation using the tortoise coordinate. This transformation enables us to determine the effective potential and its graphical behavior for different values of the coupling constant and relevant physical parameters. We obtain two solutions for the radial equation corresponding to the event and cosmological horizons. To determine the greybody factor and its behavior, we combine these two solutions in the intermediate regime. The greybody factor increases with an increase in radius and coupling constant. This indicates that in alternative gravity, the larger black hole will die sooner as compared to cosmic gravity.

Space-time structures, light trajectories and shadows for Kerr-Newman-AdS black hole with surrounding perfect fluid matter in Rastall gravity

We present the horizon structures and the shadows for Kerr-Newman-AdS black hole located in perfect fluid matter field in Rastall gravity. By considering the Hamilton-Jacobi equation and Carter constant separable method, we obtain the null geodesic equations of the black hole space-time as well as the unstable circular photon orbits in terms of the impact parameters. The horizon structures of the space-time are calculated numerically. The results show that there are four roots for a general case of the horizon equation (the Cauchy horizon r−h , the event horizon r+h , the cosmological horizon r q of Rastall gravity and the cosmological horizon r c of cosmological constant), which lead to a specific characteristic with the subregions of the space-time. The influences of the cosmological horizons r q and r c on the light trajectories around the black hole are also investigated. Furthermore, we study the effects of the parameters, including the perfect fluid matter intensity N s , the Rastall parameter k λ, the cosmological constant Λ, the black hole spin a and the black hole charge Q on black hole shadows in detail.

Cosmological constant potential: A resolution to the Hubble tension via the cosmological sound horizon

Cosmological constant potential: A resolution to the Hubble tension via the cosmological sound horizon

Wheeler–DeWitt equation and the late gravitational collapse: Effects of factor ordering and the tunneling scenario

We set up the Wheeler–DeWitt (WDW) equation for late gravitational collapse. The fact that the gravitational collapse and the expanding/ collapsing universe can be described within the realm of the Robertson–Walker metric renders the corresponding WDW equation for collapsing matter a timeless Schrödinger equation. We explore the consequences of such an equation and find the density to be quantized in terms of the Planck density. Apart from that, the wave function as a solution of the WDW equation shows that the initial singularity is avoided. We concentrate on different factor orderings in the kinetic term of the equation and show how after splitting off an exponential ansatz, new polynomials entering the solution can be constructed. This enables us to conclude that the factor ordering changes the details of the solution and interpretation, but overall on a qualitative level the results remain the same. We also probe into the effects of a positive cosmological constant. It offers the possibility of a tunneling scenario at the cosmological horizon.

Generalized entanglement capacity of de Sitter space

Near horizons, quantum fields of low spin exhibit densities of states that behave asymptotically like 1+1 dimensional conformal field theories. In effective field theory, imposing some short-distance cutoff, one can compute thermodynamic quantities associated with the horizon, and the leading cutoff sensitivity of the heat capacity is found to equal to the leading cutoff sensitivity of the entropy. One can also compute contributions to the thermodynamic quantities from the gravitational path integral. For the cosmological horizon of the static patch of de Sitter space, a natural conjecture for the relevant heat capacity is shown to equal the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. These observations allow us to extend the well-known notion of the generalized entropy to a generalized heat capacity for the static patch of de Sitter (dS). The finiteness of the entropy and the nonvanishing of the generalized heat capacity suggest it is useful to think about dS as a state in a finite dimensional quantum gravity model that is not maximally uncertain. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Action, entropy and pair creation rate of charged black holes in de Sitter space

We compute and clarify the interpretation of the on-shell Euclidean action for Reissner-Nordström black holes in de Sitter space. We show the on-shell action is minus the sum of the black hole and cosmological horizon entropy for arbitrary mass and charge in any number of dimensions. This unifying expression helps to clear up a confusion about the Euclidean actions of extremal and ultracold black holes in de Sitter, as they can be understood as special cases of the general expression. We then use this result to estimate the probability for the pair creation of black holes with arbitrary mass and charge in an empty de Sitter background, by employing the formalism of constrained instantons. Finally, we suggest that the decay of charged de Sitter black holes is governed by the gradient flow of the entropy function and that, as a consequence, the regime of light, superradiant, rapid charge emission should describe the potential decay of extreme charged Nariai black holes to singular geometries.

Nonexistence of Majorana fermions in Kerr-Newman type spacetimes with nontrivial charge* *Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12326602)

We show that the Dirac equation is separated into four differential equations for time-periodic Majorana fermions in Kerr-Newman and Kerr-Newman-(A)dS spacetimes. Although they cannot be transformed into radial and angular equations, the four differential equations yield two algebraic identities. When the electric or magnetic charge is nonzero, they conclude that there is no differentiable time-periodic Majorana fermions outside the event horizon in Kerr-Newman and Kerr-Newman-AdS spacetimes, or between the event horizon and the cosmological horizon in Kerr-Newman-dS spacetime.

New one-parameter models of dynamical particles in spatially flat FLRW space-times

New one-parameter models of non-rotating dynamical particles are derived as isotropic solutions of Einstein’s equations with perfect fluid in space-times with FLRW asymptotic behaviour, thus generalizing the models recently proposed by Cotăescu (Eur. Phys. J. C 82:86, 2022). These particles are produced by central singularities of the fluid density but without changing the pressure of the asymptotic FLRW space-times. The principal features of these models are investigated using a brief graphical analysis to elucidate the role of the new free parameter. The conclusion is that this gives rise to families of models which behave as non-rotating black holes in the physical space domain bordered by the black hole and cosmological horizons.

The cosmological switchback effect. Part II

Recent developments in static patch holography proposed that quantum gravity in de Sitter space admits a dual description in terms of a quantum mechanical theory living on a timelike surface near the cosmological horizon. In parallel, geometric observables associated with the Einstein-Rosen bridge of a black hole background were suggested to compute the computational complexity of the state dual to a gravitational theory. In this work, we pursue the study of the complexity=volume and complexity=action conjectures in a Schwarzschild-de Sitter geometry perturbed by the insertion of a shockwave at finite boundary times. This analysis extends previous studies that focused either on the complexity=volume 2.0 conjecture, or on the case of a shockwave inserted along the cosmological horizon. We show that the switchback effect, describing the delay in the evolution of complexity in reaction to a perturbation, is a universal feature of the complexity proposals in asymptotically de Sitter space. The geometric origin of this phenomenon is related to the causal connection between the static patches of de Sitter space when a positive pulse of null energy is inserted in the geometry.

Cosmological observatories

Abstract We study the static patch of de Sitter space in the presence of a timelike boundary. We impose that the conformal class of the induced metric and the trace of the extrinsic curvature, K, are fixed at the boundary. We present the thermodynamic structure of de Sitter space subject to these boundary conditions, for static and spherically symmetric configurations to leading order in the semiclassical approximation. In three spacetime dimensions, and taking K constant on a toroidal Euclidean boundary, we find that the spacetime is thermally stable for all K. In four spacetime dimensions, the thermal stability depends on the value of K. It is established that for sufficiently large K, the de Sitter static patch subject to conformal boundary conditions is thermally stable. This contrasts the Dirichlet problem for which the region encompassing the cosmological horizon has negative specific heat. We present an analysis of the linearised Einstein equations subject to conformal boundary conditions. In the worldline limit of the timelike boundary, the underlying modes are linked to the quasinormal modes of the static patch. In the limit where the timelike boundary approaches the cosmological event horizon, the linearised modes are interpreted in terms of the shear and sound modes of a fluid dynamical system. Additionally, we find modes with a frequency of positive imaginary part. Measured in a local inertial reference frame, and taking the stretched cosmological horizon limit, these modes grow at most polynomially.

Star formation properties of z ∼ 1 galaxy clusters and groups from Horizon Run 5

ABSTRACT Quiescent galaxies are predominantly observed in local galaxy clusters. However, the fraction of quiescent galaxies in high-redshift clusters significantly varies among different clusters. In this study, we present the results of an analysis of the star formation (SF) properties of $z \sim 0.87$ clusters and groups from a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation Horizon Run 5. We investigate the correlation between the quiescent galaxy fraction (QF) of these model clusters/groups and their various internal or external properties. We find that halo mass is one of the most important characteristics as higher mass clusters and groups have higher QFs. We also find that other properties such as stellar-mass ratio and Friends-of-Friends fraction, which measures the proportion of the area around a cluster occupied by dense structures, may mildly affect the QFs of clusters and groups. This may indicate that the evolutionary history as well as the large-scale environment of clusters and groups also play a certain role in determining the SF status of high-redshift galaxy clusters and groups.

Thermodynamics and Decay of de Sitter Vacuum

We discuss the consequences of the unique symmetry of de Sitter spacetime. This symmetry leads to the specific thermodynamic properties of the de Sitter vacuum, which produces a thermal bath for matter. de Sitter spacetime is invariant under the modified translations, r→r−eHta, where H is the Hubble parameter. For H→0, this symmetry corresponds to the conventional invariance of Minkowski spacetime under translations r→r−a. Due to this symmetry, all the comoving observers at any point of the de Sitter space perceive the de Sitter environment as the thermal bath with temperature T=H/π, which is twice as large as the Gibbons–Hawking temperature of the cosmological horizon. This temperature does not violate de Sitter symmetry and, thus, does not require the preferred reference frame, as distinct from the thermal state of matter, which violates de Sitter symmetry. This leads to the heat exchange between gravity and matter and to the instability of the de Sitter state towards the creation of matter, its further heating, and finally the decay of the de Sitter state. The temperature T=H/π determines different processes in the de Sitter environment that are not possible in the Minkowski vacuum, such as the process of ionization of an atom in the de Sitter environment. This temperature also determines the local entropy of the de Sitter vacuum state, and this allows us to calculate the total entropy of the volume inside the cosmological horizon. The result reproduces the Gibbons–Hawking area law, which is attributed to the cosmological horizon, Shor=4πKA, where K=1/(16πG). This supports the holographic properties of the cosmological event horizon. We extend the consideration of the local thermodynamics of the de Sitter state using the f(R) gravity. In this thermodynamics, the Ricci scalar curvature R and the effective gravitational coupling K are thermodynamically conjugate variables. The holographic connection between the bulk entropy of the Hubble volume and the surface entropy of the cosmological horizon remains the same but with the gravitational coupling K=df/dR. Such a connection takes place only in the 3+1 spacetime, where there is a special symmetry due to which the variables K and R have the same dimensionality. We also consider the lessons from de Sitter symmetry for the thermodynamics of black and white holes.

Hawking radiation of 5D Ricci-flat black hole

In this paper, we investigate the properties of a five-dimensional Ricci-flat black hole within the framework of the Space–Time–Matter theory. By employing the Klein–Gordon equation, we derive the wave function equations for both the mass dimensional coordinate and the radial dimensional coordinate. We present the analytical solutions for the wave function on the mass dimensional coordinate under two distinct scenarios. Remarkably, we observe the absence of quantum effects on the mass dimensional coordinate, which aligns with the absence of a barrier in the wave function equation. For the radial component, we employ the B-spline method to numerically solve its wave function. Our findings reveal the existence of Hawking radiation between the event horizon and the cosmological horizon, with the transmission and reflection probabilities being determined by the presence of a barrier. Furthermore, we discover a significantly higher probability of particle detection near the cosmological horizon, while the probability near the event horizon approaches zero.