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Phys. Rev. D 79, 061501(R) (2009) [5 pages]

Complete single-horizon quantum corrected black hole spacetime

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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

Received 25 November 2008; published 19 March 2009

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.

© 2009 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.061501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.79.061501
PACS:
04.70.Dy, 04.50.Gh, 04.60.Pp

*a.peltola-ra@uwinnipeg.ca

g.kunstatter@uwinnipeg.ca