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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 161301 (2008) [4 pages]

Black Holes in Loop Quantum Gravity: The Complete Space-Time

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Rodolfo Gambini1 and Jorge Pullin2
1Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, esq. Mataojo, Montevideo, Uruguay
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001, USA

Received 8 May 2008; published 15 October 2008

We consider the quantization of the complete extension of the Schwarzschild space-time using spherically symmetric loop quantum gravity. We find an exact solution corresponding to the semiclassical theory. The singularity is eliminated but the space-time still contains a horizon. Although the solution is known partially numerically and therefore a proper global analysis is not possible, a global structure akin to a singularity-free Reissner–Nordström space-time including a Cauchy horizon is suggested.

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© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.161301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.161301
PACS:
04.60.Pp, 04.20.Gz