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Correction to Hawking radiation in non-singular gravitational collapse

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-03-19 v3

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that quantum gravity introduces important corrections to the process of spherically symmetric gravitational collapse expected from general relativity. In particular, instead of falling into a central singularity, the collapsing body undergoes a bounce and eventually exits its Schwarzschild radius, and this entire process of collapse and rebound can occur in a single asymptotic region. In this paper, particle creation during such non-singular gravitational collapse is studied. It is shown that the probability of spontaneous emission of particles differs from the well-known probability of Hawking radiation from classical gravitational collapse. It is argued that the different result implies a deviation from thermality. Some arguments are also adduced concerning how the Hawking process during non-singular dust collapse could potentially remove shell crossing singularities.

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@article{arxiv.2509.03723,
  title  = {Correction to Hawking radiation in non-singular gravitational collapse},
  author = {Hassan Mehmood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.03723},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages, 3 figures; version to appear in PRD