Tachyons and the second law of black hole physics

Dhurandhar, S. V. ; Narlikar, J. V. (1978) Tachyons and the second law of black hole physics General Relativity and Gravitation, 9 (12). pp. 1089-1100. ISSN 0001-7701

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Abstract

It is shown that the usual proof of the second law of black hole physics breaks down if there are tachyons present in the vicinity of a black hole. Explicit cases are discussed where a tachyon of positive energy falling into the Kerr singularity actually decreases the area of the Kerr black hole.

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