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Quantum gravity of dust collapse: shock waves from black holes

arXiv:2109.08667 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.121301

Abstract

We study the quantum gravitational collapse of spherically symmetric pressureless dust. Using an effective equation derived from a polymer quantization in the connection-triad phase space variables of general relativity, we find numerically, for a variety of initial dust configurations, that (i) trapped surfaces form and disappear as an initially collapsing density profile evolves into an outgoing shockwave; (ii) black hole lifetime is proportional to the square of its mass; and (iii) there is no mass inflation at inner apparent horizons. These results provide a substantially different view of black hole formation and subsequent evolution than found from semiclassical analyses.

6 pages, 4 figures. v2: Conformal diagram added, minor clarifications, references added

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