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Quantum shells in a quantum space-time

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the quantum motion of null shells in the quantum space-time of a black hole in loop quantum gravity. We treat the shells as test fields and use an effective dynamics for the propagation equations. The shells propagate through the region where the singularity was present in the classical black hole space-time, but is absent in the quantum space-time, eventually emerging through a white hole to a new asymptotic region of the quantum space-time. The profiles of the shells get distorted due to the quantum fluctuations in the Planckian region that replaces the singularity. The evolution of the shells is unitary throughout the whole process.

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@article{arxiv.1408.4635,
  title  = {Quantum shells in a quantum space-time},
  author = {Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.4635},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures

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