Zero-point length as a topological protection of black hole regularity
Abstract
We investigate the thermodynamic topology of regular black holes with zero-point length using an extended first law that includes the zero-point length stored in the geometry. By treating the regularization scale as a thermodynamic variable, we analyze the Hessian geometry of the thermodynamic manifold and demonstrate that the vector field , where is the temperature and is the conjugate to , never vanishes in the physical parameter space for . This implies the absence of Morse critical points and a vanishing winding number (), indicating topological protection against the formation of naked singularities. Crucially, we show that in the singular limit , a non-zero winding number () emerges, characterizing the Schwarzschild singularity as a topological defect. The conservation of this topological invariant under smooth evolution provides a rigorous topological formulation of the weak cosmic censorship conjecture: the presence of zero-point length not only regularizes the spacetime background but also enforces topological protection against the formation of singularities, preventing black hole-to-naked singularity transitions.
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@article{arxiv.2603.02295,
title = {Zero-point length as a topological protection of black hole regularity},
author = {Ankit Anand and Kimet Jusufi and Cosimo Bambi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.02295},
year = {2026}
}
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11 pages, 2 figures