Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 57 4 vi Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
In natural units, periodic Euclidean time of period beta is the inverse temperature of a thermal quantum state. The horizon regularity calculation therefore gives the Hawking temperatureThis agrees with the radiation calculation based on the near-horizon redshift. Restoring constants with multiplies the expression by . In the neutral case ; the temperature is positive for every nonextremal outer horizon.
The extremal limit is different. At , , so the proper Euclidean radial distance to the horizon diverges logarithmically. This extremal Euclidean throat is an infinite end, with no finite polar origin on which to impose the cone-removal condition. Local smoothness therefore does not select a finite period by the preceding argument. The vanishing surface gravity and the nonextremal limit give , rather than a universally nonzero temperature for all horizon solutions. A geometry with has no black-hole horizon and no Hawking temperature inferred from this horizon argument.