Curing black hole singularities with local scale invariance

DOI10.1155/2016/6095236zbMATH Open1357.83008arXiv1309.1188OpenAlexW3105549387WikidataQ59122528 ScholiaQ59122528MaRDI QIDQ504685FDOQ504685

P. Dominis Prester

Publication date: 17 January 2017

Published in: Advances in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that Weyl-invariant dilaton gravity provides a description of black holes without classical spacetime singularities. Singularities appear due to ill-behaviour of gauge fixing conditions, one example being the gauge in which theory is classically equivalent to standard General Relativity. The main conclusions of our analysis are: (1) singularities signal a phase transition from broken to unbroken phase of Weyl symmetry, (2) instead of a singularity there is a "baby-universe" or a white hole inside a black hole, (3) in the baby universe scenario there is a critical mass after which reducing mass makes black hole larger as viewed by outside observers, (4) if a black hole could be connected with white hole through the "singularity", this would require breakdown of (classical) geometric description, (5) the singularity of Schwarzschild BH solution is non-generic and so it is dangerous to rely on it in deriving general results. Our results may have important consequences for resolving issues related to information-loss puzzle. The theory we use is basically a completion of General Relativity, containing neither additional physical excitations nor higher-derivative terms, but requires physical scalar field such as Higgs field of Standard Model. Though quantum effects are still crucial and may change the proposed classical picture, a position of building quantum theory around essentially regular classical solutions normally provides a much better starting point.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.1188

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum effectsbaby universe scenarioblack hole singularitieslocal scale invarianceWeyl-invariant dilaton gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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