Abstract
We study numerically the effects of loop quantum gravity motivated corrections on massless scalar field collapse in Painlevé-Gullstrand coordinates. Near criticality the system exhibits Choptuik scaling with a mass gap and a new scaling relationship dependant upon the quantum length scale. Classical singularities are resolved by a radiationlike phase in the quantum collapse: the black hole consists of a compact region of spacetime bounded by a single, smooth trapping horizon. The “evaporation” is not complete but leaves behind a small expanding shell that disperses to infinity.
- Received 26 February 2009
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.024032
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