English

Quantum resolution of the Schwarzschild singularity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-05-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We revisit the Schwarzschild singularity in a semiclassical setting where the background geometry is classical and quantum effects enter through Bohmian (quantal) trajectories associated with a Klein Gordon wave packet. Using the Madelung-Bohm decomposition of the Klein Gordon wavefunction, we show that the quantum-modified motion is equivalent to geodesic motion in an effective metric conformally related to Schwarzschild, with a conformal factor fixed by the wavefunction amplitude. Solving the wavefunction equation near r0r\to 0 determines this factor and yields finite curvature invariants, in suitable coordinates the interior extends smoothly and the effective spacetime is geodesically complete. This suggests that quantum dynamics on a fixed classical background can regularize the Schwarzschild singularity without a full theory of quantum gravity.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2605.13508,
  title  = {Quantum resolution of the Schwarzschild singularity},
  author = {Vishnulal Cheriyodathillathu and Tanmay Patil and Saurya Das and Soumen Basak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.13508},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

7 pages

R2 v1 2026-07-22T07:10:07.532Z