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There are no quantum corrections to the Hawking temperature via tunneling from a fixed background

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It has recently, and repeatedly, been claimed that higher-order quantum corrections to the Hawking temperature can be calculated in a framework where a free particle tunnels from the event horizon of a fixed black hole background. We highlight a few important issues with these claims to finally conclude that no such higher-order corrections exist. Rather, these illusory corrections stem from a misleading definition of the energy.

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  1. Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 2Y5, Canada

    Alexandre Yale

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Yale, A. There are no quantum corrections to the Hawking temperature via tunneling from a fixed background. Eur. Phys. J. C 71, 1622 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1622-5

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