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Designer black holes from new 2D gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-09-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present a family of extensions of spherically symmetric Einstein-Lanczos-Lovelock gravity. The field equations are second order and obey a generalized Birkhoff's theorem. The Hamiltonian constraint can be written in terms of a generalized Misner-Sharp mass function that determines the form of the vacuum solution. The action can be designed to yield interesting non-singular black-hole spacetimes as the unique vacuum solutions, including the Hayward black hole as well as a completely new one. The new theories therefore provide a consistent starting point for studying the formation and evaporation of non-singular black holes as a possible resolution to the black hole information loss conundrum.

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@article{arxiv.1509.04243,
  title  = {Designer black holes from new 2D gravity},
  author = {Gabor Kunstatter and Hideki Maeda and Tim Taves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04243},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages

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