Photon Decay at the Schwarzschild Horizon

TL;DR

This paper explores the theoretical possibility of photon decay near a Schwarzschild black hole horizon, proposing a mechanism based on dimensional reduction that could imply emergent gravity phenomena.

Contribution

It introduces a novel decay mechanism for photons near the horizon, linking emergent gravity theories with observable quantum effects in curved spacetime.

Findings

Proposes a decay mechanism for photons near the horizon

Links dimensional reduction to photon decay

Suggests implications for emergent gravity theories

Abstract

A recent proposal that gravity theory is an emergent phenomenon also entails the possibility of photon decay near the Schwarzschild event horizon. We present a possible mechanism for such decay, which utilizes a dimensional reduction near the horizon.