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arxiv: 1907.06218 · v1 · pith:IRF5WN4Tnew · submitted 2019-07-14 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Modified Fermions Tunneling Radiation from Non-stationary, Axially Symmetric Kerr Black Hole

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keywords fermion tunnelingKerr black holeHawking radiationdeformed dispersion relationquantum gravitynon-stationary spacetimeHamilton-Jacobi equationangular parameters
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Modified fermion tunneling from non-stationary Kerr black holes produces Hawking temperature corrections that depend on the angular parameters of the event horizon.

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The paper modifies the equation of motion for fermions using a deformed dispersion relation from quantum gravity and derives a corrected Hamilton-Jacobi equation via semiclassical approximation. It then applies this to the tunneling process across the event horizon of a non-stationary, axially symmetric Kerr black hole. The resulting expressions for the tunneling rate and Hawking temperature contain explicit dependence on the angular coordinates of the horizon. A reader would care because the result indicates that quantum-gravity effects on radiation are sensitive to the rotation and time dependence of the background spacetime rather than being universal.

Core claim

In the non-stationary axially symmetric Kerr background the correction of Hawking temperature and the tunneling rate are closely related to the angular parameters of the horizon of the black hole background.

What carries the argument

The modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation obtained from the deformed dispersion relation by semiclassical approximation, which is solved at the event horizon to extract the tunneling probability.

If this is right

  • The tunneling probability acquires extra factors proportional to the angular coordinates of the horizon.
  • The corrected Hawking temperature differs from the standard result by terms that vanish only when the angular parameters are zero.
  • The modification applies specifically to fermions and to non-stationary metrics; the stationary limit recovers the usual result only after the angular dependence is removed.
  • The same procedure yields a position-dependent temperature on the horizon surface.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The angular dependence could be tested by comparing radiation spectra from black holes with different spin parameters once Hawking radiation becomes observable.
  • Similar corrections might appear in other rotating, time-dependent geometries if the same deformed dispersion is used.
  • The result suggests that any semiclassical tunneling calculation that ignores the deformed relation will miss rotation-induced shifts in the spectrum.

Load-bearing premise

The deformed dispersion relation from quantum gravity can be inserted directly into the fermion motion equation to produce a usable modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation in non-stationary Kerr spacetime.

What would settle it

An explicit calculation of the tunneling rate for a stationary Kerr black hole (zero time dependence) that still shows residual angular-parameter corrections would contradict the paper's claim that the corrections arise from the non-stationary character.

read the original abstract

In this paper, by applying the deformed dispersion relation in quantum gravity theory, we study the correction of fermions' tunneling radiation from non-stationary symmetric black holes. Firstly, the motion equation of fermions is modified in the gravitational spacetime. Based on the motion equation, the modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation has been obtained by a semiclassical approximation method. Then, the tunneling behavior of fermions at the event horizon of non-stationary symmetric Kerr black hole is investigated. Finally, the results show that in the non-stationary symmetric background, the correction of Hawking temperature and the tunneling rate are closely related to the angular parameters of the horizon of the black hole background.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript claims that inserting a deformed dispersion relation from quantum gravity into the fermion motion equation in gravitational spacetime, followed by a semiclassical approximation to obtain a modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation, allows computation of fermion tunneling from the event horizon of a non-stationary, axially symmetric Kerr black hole; the resulting corrections to the Hawking temperature and tunneling rate are stated to depend on the angular parameters of the horizon.

Significance. If the central derivation is placed on a sound footing, the result would extend semiclassical tunneling calculations with quantum-gravity corrections to dynamical rotating black holes, potentially clarifying how horizon angular momentum enters the corrected emission spectrum. The work follows the standard WKB tunneling paradigm but supplies neither machine-checked proofs nor explicit parameter-free derivations.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and initial derivation] Abstract (steps 'Firstly' and 'Based on the motion equation'): the direct substitution of the flat-space deformed dispersion relation into the curved-space fermion equation of motion is performed without a covariant derivation from the Dirac operator in the non-stationary Kerr metric; no accounting is given for possible additional curvature or frame-dependent terms that would appear in a consistent curved-space deformation. This step is load-bearing for the modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation and all subsequent temperature corrections.
  2. [Abstract and tunneling calculation] Abstract (final results on angular-parameter dependence): the claim that the corrected temperature and rate 'are closely related to the angular parameters of the horizon' rests on the validity of the modified action integral evaluated at the time-dependent horizon; the manuscript does not demonstrate that the chosen contour or the identification of the imaginary part remains consistent when the metric is non-stationary, which directly affects whether the angular dependence is an artifact of the substitution or a genuine physical effect.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the thoughtful review and constructive criticism. We address each major comment below and indicate where revisions will be made to improve clarity and justification without altering the core results.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and initial derivation] Abstract (steps 'Firstly' and 'Based on the motion equation'): the direct substitution of the flat-space deformed dispersion relation into the curved-space fermion equation of motion is performed without a covariant derivation from the Dirac operator in the non-stationary Kerr metric; no accounting is given for possible additional curvature or frame-dependent terms that would appear in a consistent curved-space deformation. This step is load-bearing for the modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation and all subsequent temperature corrections.

    Authors: We agree that the substitution follows the standard procedure used throughout the literature on deformed dispersion relations and Hawking radiation corrections rather than deriving a fully covariant curved-space version of the dispersion relation from the Dirac operator. This approximation is justified in the semiclassical WKB limit where higher-order curvature corrections are neglected, consistent with prior works on the topic. We will revise the manuscript to explicitly state this approximation and add references justifying the approach. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Abstract and tunneling calculation] Abstract (final results on angular-parameter dependence): the claim that the corrected temperature and rate 'are closely related to the angular parameters of the horizon' rests on the validity of the modified action integral evaluated at the time-dependent horizon; the manuscript does not demonstrate that the chosen contour or the identification of the imaginary part remains consistent when the metric is non-stationary, which directly affects whether the angular dependence is an artifact of the substitution or a genuine physical effect.

    Authors: The contour choice and extraction of the imaginary part of the action follow the standard residue theorem application around the horizon pole, as employed in multiple studies of fermion tunneling from dynamical black holes. The angular dependence arises directly from the Kerr metric's off-diagonal terms in the modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation. We will expand the tunneling calculation section to include an explicit justification of contour consistency for the non-stationary case. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation is a direct calculation from stated inputs

full rationale

The paper starts from an externally posited deformed dispersion relation, inserts it into the Dirac equation on the given Kerr background, applies the semiclassical WKB limit to obtain a modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation, and then computes the imaginary part of the action to extract a corrected temperature and tunneling rate. This chain produces a result that depends on the chosen dispersion and metric but does not reduce to self-definition, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations. No uniqueness theorem or ansatz is smuggled in; the angular-parameter dependence is an output of the explicit integration, not an input. The derivation is therefore self-contained against its own assumptions.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on the applicability of the deformed dispersion relation and the semiclassical approximation method to derive the modified Hamilton-Jacobi equation.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Deformed dispersion relation in quantum gravity theory
    Used to modify the fermions' motion equation as stated in the abstract.

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