Tachyons and Black Hole Horizons in Gauge Theory

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  • 26 June 1998
Abstract
We argue that the horizon of a M(atrix) black hole is detected by a 0-brane probe as a tachyon instability which sets in at the Schwarzschild radius. We give qualitative arguments, and some quantitative large-N calculations, in support of this claim. The tachyon instability provides an attractive mechanism for infalling matter to be captured and thermalized by a M(atrix) black hole.

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