Constraints on Low-Energy Effective Theories from Weak Cosmic Censorship

Baoyi Chen, Feng-Li Lin, Bo Ning, and Yanbei Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 031102 – Published 22 January 2021; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 119903 (2021)

Abstract

We examine the weak cosmic censorship conjecture (WCCC) for the extremal charged black hole in possible generalizations of Einstein-Maxwell theory due to the high-order corrections, up to fourth-derivative terms. Our derivation is based on Wald’s gedanken experiment to destroy an extremal black hole. We find that the WCCC no longer holds for all possible generalizations. Thus, the WCCC can serve as a new constraint to the high-order effective field theories. However, our constraint is independent of photon’s self-interactions so that precision measurement of quantum electrodynamics cannot constrain the WCCC. For higher-dimension operators induced by the one-loop correction for the minimally coupled spinor and scalar to gravity, our constraint is satisfied.

Received 27 June 2020
Accepted 6 January 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.031102

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Alternative gravity theories Classical black holes Singularities In general relativity

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Erratum

Erratum: Constraints on Low-Energy Effective Theories from Weak Cosmic Censorship [Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 031102 (2021)]

Baoyi Chen, Feng-Li Lin, Bo Ning, and Yanbei Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 119903 (2021)

Authors & Affiliations

Baoyi Chen¹, Feng-Li Lin ², Bo Ning³, and Yanbei Chen¹

¹Burke Institute of Theoretical Physics and Theoretical Astrophysics 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
²Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chou Road, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
³College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China