Impact of quantum gravity on the UV sensitivity of extremal black holes

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Hauptverfasser: Del Porro, Francesco, Ferrarin, Francesco, Platania, Alessia
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author Del Porro, Francesco
Ferrarin, Francesco
Platania, Alessia
author_facet Del Porro, Francesco
Ferrarin, Francesco
Platania, Alessia
contents Recent work has revealed that extremal Kerr black holes may exhibit a sensitivity to higher-derivative corrections to Einstein's equations, displaying singularities in the tidal forces at the horizon. However, in a purely gravitational context, this "ultraviolet sensitivity" translates into a strong dependence on the Wilson coefficients in the low-energy effective field theory. These, in turn, are fixed by the underlying theory of quantum gravity in the ultraviolet. We find a prediction for these coefficients within the framework of asymptotically safe quantum gravity, and show that, if the quantum gravity scale is trans-Planckian, this horizon-scale ultraviolet sensitivity is avoided.
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spellingShingle Impact of quantum gravity on the UV sensitivity of extremal black holes
Del Porro, Francesco
Ferrarin, Francesco
Platania, Alessia
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Recent work has revealed that extremal Kerr black holes may exhibit a sensitivity to higher-derivative corrections to Einstein's equations, displaying singularities in the tidal forces at the horizon. However, in a purely gravitational context, this "ultraviolet sensitivity" translates into a strong dependence on the Wilson coefficients in the low-energy effective field theory. These, in turn, are fixed by the underlying theory of quantum gravity in the ultraviolet. We find a prediction for these coefficients within the framework of asymptotically safe quantum gravity, and show that, if the quantum gravity scale is trans-Planckian, this horizon-scale ultraviolet sensitivity is avoided.
title Impact of quantum gravity on the UV sensitivity of extremal black holes
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07058