Horizon wavefunction of generalized uncertainty principle black holes (Q2364252)

Summary: We study the Horizon Wavefunction (HWF) description of a Generalized Uncertainty Principle inspired metric that admits sub-Planckian black holes, where the black hole mass \(m\) is replaced by \(M = m \left(1 + \left(\beta / 2\right) \left(M_{\mathrm{Pl}}^2 / m^2\right)\right)\). Considering the case of a wave-packet shaped by a Gaussian distribution, we compute the HWF and the probability \(\mathcal{P}_{\mathrm{BH}}\) that the source is a (quantum) black hole, that is, that it lies within its horizon radius. The case \(\beta < 0\) is qualitatively similar to the standard Schwarzschild case, and the general shape of \(\mathcal{P}_{\mathrm{BH}}\) is maintained when decreasing the free parameter but shifted to reduce the probability for the particle to be a black hole accordingly. The probability grows with increasing mass slowly for more negative \(\beta\) and drops to 0 for a minimum mass value. The scenario differs significantly for increasing \(\beta >0\), where a minimum in \(\mathcal{P}_{\mathrm{BH}}\) is encountered, thus meaning that every particle has some probability of decaying to a black hole. Furthermore, for sufficiently large \(\beta\) we find that every particle is a quantum black hole, in agreement with the intuitive effect of increasing \(\beta\), which creates larger \(M\) and \(R_H\) terms. This is likely due to a ``dimensional reduction'' feature of the model, where the black hole characteristics for sub-Planckian black holes mimic those in \((1+1)\) dimensions and the horizon size grows as \(R_H\sim M^{-1}\).