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Coordinates with Non-Singular Curvature for a Time Dependent Black Hole Horizon

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

A naive introduction of a dependency of the mass of a black hole on the Schwarzschild time coordinate results in singular behavior of curvature invariants at the horizon, violating expectations from complementarity. If instead a temporal dependence is introduced in terms of a coordinate akin to the river time representation, the Ricci scalar is nowhere singular away from the origin. It is found that for a shrinking mass scale due to evaporation, the null radial geodesics that generate the horizon are slightly displaced from the coordinate singularity. In addition, a changing horizon scale significantly alters the form of the coordinate singularity in diagonal (orthogonal) metric coordinates representing the space-time. A Penrose diagram describing the growth and evaporation of an example black hole is constructed to examine the evolution of the coordinate singularity.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0609019,
  title  = {Coordinates with Non-Singular Curvature for a Time Dependent Black Hole Horizon},
  author = {James Lindesay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0609019},
  year   = {2008}
}

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