Rate of black hole formation in a thermal box

Tsvi Piran*, Robert M. Wald

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Abstract

We derive an order of magnitude estimate for the rate at which ordinary thermal fluctuations in a box filled with radiation will produce black holes. Our results are compared with a recent calculation (using euclidean quantum gravity) of Gross, Perry and Yaffe for the rate of formation of black holes at the equilibrium mass Meq = 1 8πT0.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20-22
Number of pages3
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume90
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jun 1982

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