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Complete single-horizon quantum corrected black hole spacetime

Ari Peltola and Gabor Kunstatter
Phys. Rev. D 79, 061501(R) – Published 19 March 2009

Abstract

We show that a semiclassical polymerization of the interior of Schwarzschild black holes gives rise to a tantalizing candidate for a nonsingular, single-horizon black hole spacetime. The exterior has nonzero quantum stress energy but closely approximates the classical spacetime for macroscopic black holes. The interior exhibits a bounce at a microscopic scale and then expands indefinitely to a Kantowski-Sachs spacetime. Polymerization therefore removes the singularity and produces a scenario reminiscent of past proposals for universe creation via quantum effects inside a black hole.

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  • Received 25 November 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.061501

©2009 American Physical Society

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Ari Peltola* and Gabor Kunstatter

  • Department of Physics and Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics, The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada. R3B 2E9

  • *a.peltola-ra@uwinnipeg.ca
  • g.kunstatter@uwinnipeg.ca

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Vol. 79, Iss. 6 — 15 March 2009

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