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No Black Holes from Light.

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Álvaro Álvarez-Domínguez, Luis J. Garay, Eduardo Mart'in-Mart'inez
Physical review letters

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Abstract

We show that it is not possible to concentrate enough light to precipitate the formation of an event horizon. We argue that the dissipative quantum effects coming from the self-interaction of light (such as vacuum polarization) are enough to prevent any meaningful buildup of energy that could create a black hole in any realistic scenario.