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Quantum Black Hole as a Harmonic Oscillator from the Perspective of the Minimum Uncertainty Approach

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-10-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Starting from the eigenvalue equation for the mass of a black hole derived by M\"akel\"a and Repo, we show that, by reparametrizing the radial coordinate and the wave function, it can be rewritten as the eigenvalue equation of a quantum harmonic oscillator. We then study the interior of a Schwarzschild black hole using two quantization approaches. In the standard quantization, the area and mass spectra are discrete, characterized by a quantum number nn, but the wave function is not square-integrable, limiting its physical interpretation. In contrast, a minimal-uncertainty quantization approach yields an area spectrum that grows as n2n^2, and consequently the mass MM also increases. In this framework, the wave function is finite and square-integrable, with convergence requiring that the deformation parameter β\beta be regulated by a discrete quantum number mm. The wave function exhibits quantum tunneling connecting the black hole interior with both its exterior and a white hole region, effects that disappear in the limit β0\beta \to 0. These results demonstrate how minimal-length effects both regularize the wave function and modify the semiclassical structure of the black hole.

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@article{arxiv.2409.09181,
  title  = {Quantum Black Hole as a Harmonic Oscillator from the Perspective of the Minimum Uncertainty Approach},
  author = {Wilfredo Yupanqui Carpio and Octavio Obregón},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.09181},
  year   = {2025}
}