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Phys. Rev. D 68, 044003 (2003) [9 pages]

Can black holes have Euclidean cores?

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T. Hirayama* and B. Holdom
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7

Received 15 April 2003; published 5 August 2003

The search for regular black hole solutions in classical gravity leads us to consider a core of Euclidean signature in the interior of a black hole. Solutions of Lorentzian and Euclidean general relativity match in such a way that energy densities and pressures of an isotropic perfect fluid form are everywhere finite and continuous. Although the weak energy condition cannot be satisfied for these solutions in general relativity, it can be when higher derivative terms are added. A numerical study shows how the transition becomes smoother in theories with more derivatives. As an alternative to the Euclidean core, we also discuss a closely related time dependent orbifold construction with a smooth space-like boundary inside the horizon.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.044003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.044003
PACS:
04.70.Bw

*Electronic address: hirayama@physics.utoronto.ca

Electronic address: bob.holdom@utoronto.ca