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Fate of gravitational collapse in semiclassical gravity

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dc.creator Barceló, Carlos
dc.creator Liberati, Stefano
dc.creator Sonego, Sebastiano
dc.creator Visser, Matt
dc.date 2008-04-03T00:27:28Z
dc.date 2008-04-03T00:27:28Z
dc.date 2007-12-07
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:01:26Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:01:26Z
dc.identifier arXiv:0712.1130v1
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3424
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3424
dc.description revtex4, 14 pages, 2 figures
dc.description While the outcome of gravitational collapse in classical general relativity is unquestionably a black hole, up to now no full and complete semiclassical description of black hole formation has been thoroughly investigated. Here we revisit the standard scenario for this process. By analyzing how semiclassical collapse proceeds we show that the very formation of a trapping horizon can be seriously questioned for a large set of, possibly realistic, scenarios. We emphasise that in principle the theoretical framework of semiclassical gravity certainly allows the formation of trapping horizons. What we are questioning here is the more subtle point of whether or not the standard black hole picture is appropriate for describing the end point of realistic collapse. Indeed if semiclassical physics were in some cases to prevent formation of the trapping horizon, then this suggests the possibility of new collapsed objects which can be much less problematic, making it unnecessary to confront the information paradox or the run-away end point problem.
dc.description CB has been funded by the Spanish MEC under project FIS2005-05736-C03-01 with a partial FEDER contribution. CB and SL are also supported by an INFN-MEC collaboration. MV was supported by a Marsden grant administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.relation Preprint
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subject Hawking radiation
dc.subject Trapped regions
dc.subject Horizons
dc.title Fate of gravitational collapse in semiclassical gravity
dc.type Pre-print


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