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Small black/white hole stability and dark matter

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-12-13 v2 History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

We show that the expected lifetime of white holes formed as remnants of evaporated black holes is consistent with their production at reheating. We give a simple quantum description of these objects and argue that a quantum superposition of black and white holes with large interiors is stable, because it is protected by the existence of a minimal eigenvalue of the area, predicted by Loop Quantum Gravity. These two results support the hypothesis that a component of dark matter could be formed by small black hole remnants.

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@article{arxiv.1805.03872,
  title  = {Small black/white hole stability and dark matter},
  author = {Carlo Rovelli and Francesca Vidotto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.03872},
  year   = {2018}
}

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7 pages

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