Regular Black Holes and Topology Change
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
The conditions are clarified under which regular (i.e., singularity-free) black holes can exist. It is shown that in a large class of spacetimes that satisfy the weak energy condition the existence of a regular black hole requires topology change.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9612057,
title = {Regular Black Holes and Topology Change},
author = {Arvind Borde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9612057},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Nine pages. One Figure. The figure will emerge automatically if you print via "dvips"