Singularity free gravitational collapse in an effective dynamical quantum spacetime

We model the gravitational collapse of heavy massive shells including its main quantum corrections. Among these corrections, quantum improvements coming from Quantum Einstein Gravity are taken into account, which provides us with an effective quantum spacetime. Likewise, we consider dynamical Hawkin...

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Authors: Torres Herrera, Ramon|||0000-0002-2254-6341, Fayos Vallés, Francisco|||0000-0002-0837-7369
Format: article
Publication Date:2014
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/23149
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/23149
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.04.038
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Black holes (Astronomy)
Gravitational collapse
Black holes
Hawking radiation
Quantum gravity
Forats negres (Astronomia)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Summary:We model the gravitational collapse of heavy massive shells including its main quantum corrections. Among these corrections, quantum improvements coming from Quantum Einstein Gravity are taken into account, which provides us with an effective quantum spacetime. Likewise, we consider dynamical Hawking radiation by modeling its back-reaction once the horizons have been generated. Our results point towards a picture of gravitational collapse in which the collapsing shell reaches a minimum non-zero radius (whose value depends on the shell initial conditions) with its mass only slightly reduced. Then, there is always a rebound after which most (or all) of the mass evaporates in the form of Hawking radiation. Since the mass never concentrates in a single point, no singularity appears.