Evaporating loop quantum black hole
Leonardo Modesto∗
arXiv:gr-qc/0612084v1 13 Dec 2006
Department of Physics, Bologna University & INFN Bologna,
V. Irnerio 46, I-40126 Bologna, EU.
Centre de Physique Théorique de Luminy, Université de la Méditerranée,
Case 907, F-13288 Marseille, EU.
Abstract
In this paper we obtain the black hole metric from a semiclassical analysis of loop quantum
black hole. Our solution and the Schwarzschild one tend to match well at large distances from
Planck region. In r = 0 the semiclassical metric is regular and singularity free in contrast to the
classical one. By using the new metric we calculate the Hawking temperature and the entropy.
For the entropy we obtain the logarithmic correction to the classical area law. Finally we study
the mass evaporation process and we show the mass and temperature tend to zero at infinitive
time.
Introduction
Quantum gravity is the theory by which we tray to reconcile general relativity and quantum mechanics.
In general relativity the space-time is dynamical then it is not possible to study other interactions
on a fixed background because the background itself is a dynamical field. The theory called “loop
quantum gravity” (LQG) [1] is the most widespread nowadays. This is one of the non perturbative
and background independent approaches to quantum gravity (another non perturbative approach
to quantum gravity is called “asymptotic safety quantum gravity” [2]). Loop quantum gravity is a
quantum geometric fundamental theory that reconciles general relativity and quantum mechanics at
the Planck scale. The main problem nowadays is to connect this fundamental theory with standard
model of particle physics and in particular with the effective quantum field theory. In the last two years
great progresses has been done to connect (LQG) with the low energy physics by the general boundary
approach [3], [4]. Using this formalism it has been possible to calculate the graviton propagator in four
[5], [6] and three dimensions [7], [8]. In three dimensions it has been showed that a noncommuative
field theory can be obtained from spinfoam models [9]. Similar efforts in four dimension are going in
progress [10].
Early universe and black holes are other interesting places for testing the validity of LQG. In the
past years applications of LQG ideas to minisuperspace models lead to some interesting results in
those fields. In particular it has been showed in cosmology [11], [12] and recently in black hole physics
[13], [14], [15], [16] that it is possible to solve the cosmological singularity problem and the black hole
singularity problem by using tools and ideas developed in full loop quantum gravity theory.
∗ Electronic
address: modesto@bo.infn.it or leonardo.modesto@virgilio.it
1
We can summarize this short introduction to “loop quantum gravity program” in two research
lines; the first one dedicated to obtain quantum field theory from the fundamental theory and the
other one dedicated to apply LQG to cosmology and astrophysical objects where extreme energy
conditions need to know a quantum gravity theory.
In this paper we concentrate our attention on the second research line. We study the black hole
physics using ideas suggested by loop quantum gravity at the semiclassical level (by “loop quantum
black hole” [16], extending the metric of obtained [17] to all space-time). The new metric is regular in
r = 0 where the classical singularity is localized and we are interesting to calculate the temperature,
entropy and to analyze the evaporation process.
This paper is organized in two section as follows. In the first section we briefly recall the semiclassical Schwarzschild solution inside the black hole [17] and we extend the solution outside the event
horizon showing the regularity of the curvature invariant ∀ r > 0. In the second section we calculate
the Hawking temperature and the entropy in terms of the event horizon area. In the same section
we study also the mass evaporation process discussing the new physics suggested by loop quantum
gravity.
1
Semiclassical black hole solution
In this section we summarize the solution calculated in paper [17] and we extend the solution to all
the space-time. We start to study the region inside the event horizon where the Ashtekar’s connection
and density triad are
A = cτ3 dx + bτ2 dθ − bτ1 sin θdφ + τ3 cos θdφ,
∂
∂
∂
+ pb τ2 sin θ
− pb τ1 ,
E = pc τ3 sin θ
∂x
∂θ
∂φ
(1)
(where τi = − 2i σi and σi are the Pauli matrices). The variables in the phase space are: (b, pb ), (c, pc ),
and the Poisson algebra is: {c, pc } = 2γGN , {b, pb } = γGN . The Hamiltonian constraint of “loop
quantum black hole” [16] in terms of holonomies 1 depends explicitly on the parameter δ that defines
the length of the curves along which we integrate the connections. The parameter δ is not an external
cutoff but instead a result of full loop quantum gravity [18].√The Hamiltonian constraint C δ in (2)
γ |pc |sgn(pc )δ 2
can be substantially simplified in the particular gauge N = 16πG
N sin δb
Cδ = −
1
1 n
γ 2δ2 o
pb .
2 sin δc pc + sin δb +
2γGN
sin δb
(4)
The Hamiltonian constraint in terms of holonomies is
0
1
n
o
n
o
X
2~N
(δ)
(δ)
(δ)−1
(δ)
(δ)−1
(δ)
(δ)−1
ijk
δ
2
2
ǫ hi hj hi
hk
C = − 3 3 2 Tr @
hk
, V + 2γ δ τ3 h1
h1
,V A =
γ δ lP
ijk
(
)
p
8πN
2
2 2 pb sgn(pc )
= − 2 2 2 sin δb sin δc |pc | + (sin δb + γ δ ) p
,
γ δ
|pc |
(2)
where the holonomies in the directions r, θ, φ, integrated along curves of length δ, are
h1 = cos
and V = 4π
p
δc
δc
+ 2τ3 sin ,
2
2
h2 = cos
δb
δb
− 2τ1 sin ,
2
2
|pc |pb is the spatial section volume.
2
h3 = cos
δb
δb
+ 2τ2 sin ,
2
2
(3)
p_c
p_c
3000
150
2500
125
2000
100
1500
75
1000
50
25
500
7.5
p_b
2.5
5
7.5
10
12.5
15
17.5
20
8
8.5
9
9.5
10
p_b
Figure 1: Semiclassical dynamical trajectory in the plane pb − pc . The plots for pc > 0 and for pc < 0
are disconnected and symmetric but we plot only the positive values of pc . The red trajectory corresponds to the classical Schwarzschild solution and the green trajectory corresponds to the semiclassical
solution. The plot on the right represents a zoom of trajectory region where the semiclassical analysis
becomes relevant.
From (4) we obtain two independent sets of equations of motion on the phase space
ċ = −2 sin δc,
γ 2δ2
ḃ = − sin δb +
,
sin δb
p˙c = 2δpc cos δc
γ 2δ2
p˙b = δ cos δb 1 −
pb .
sin2 δb
(5)
Solving the first three equations and using the Hamiltonian constraint C δ = 0 we obtain [17]
(0)
γδmp
2
b
,
arctan ∓
δ
2t2
(0)
i
1 h γδmpb 2
+ t4
pc (t) = ± 2
t
2
√1+γ 2 δ2 p
p
2m
2
2
2
2
( 1 + γ δ − 1)
p
1+γ δ +1− t
,
√
cos δb = 1 + γ 2 δ 2
p
1+γ 2 δ2 p
2m
( 1 + γ 2 δ 2 − 1)
1 + γ 2δ2 + 1 + t
c(t) =
,
pb (t) = −
2 sin δc sin δb pc
,
sin2 δb + γ 2 δ 2
(6)
(we have used the parametrization t ≡ eδT [17]). Respect to the classical Schwarzschild solution pc has
(0)
(0)
an absolute minimum in tmin = (γδmpb /2)1/2 , and pc (tmin ) = γδmpb > 0. The solution presents
an inner horizon in [17]
t∗ = 2m
!√ 2
p
1+γ 2 δ2
1 + γ 2δ2 − 1
p
.
1 + γ 2δ2 + 1
(7)
We study the trajectory in the plane pc − pb and we compare the result with the Schwarzschild
solution. In Fig.1 we have a parametric plot of pc and pb for m = 10 and γδ ∼ 1 to amplify the
3
!N2
10
7.5
!N2
8
1·10
5
7
8·10
2.5
7
6·10
t
10
7
4·10
20
30
40
-2.5
7
2·10
t
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
-5
0.06
-7.5
-10
t = 2m
t = t∗
Figure 2: Plot of the lapse function −N 2 (t) for m = 10 and γδ ∼ 1 (in the horizontal axis we have
the temporal coordinate t and in the vertical axis the lapse function). The red trajectory corresponds
to the classical Schwarzschild solution inside the event horizon and the green trajectory corresponds
to the semiclassical solution. In the left side we have a zoom of −N 2 (t) in the region 0 6 t 6 t∗ .
quantum gravity effects in the plot (in [17] it has been showed that δ ∼ 10−33 2 ; if we introduce a
characteristic size length L for the system under consideration we can set δ = lP /L). In Fig.1 we can
follow the trajectory from t > 2m where the classical (red trajectory) and the semiclassical (green
trajectory) solution are very close. For t = 2m, pc → (2m)2 and pb → 0 (this point corresponds to the
Schwarzschild radius). From this point decreasing t we reach a minimum value for pc,m ≡ pc (tmin ) > 0.
From t = tmin , pc starts to grow again until pb = 0, this point corresponds to a new horizon in t = t∗
localized. In the time interval√t < tmin , pc grows together with |pb | and the functions pc , |pb | → ∞ for
2 2
t → 0; in particular |pb | ∼ t− 1+γ δ for t ∼ 0.
Metric form of the solution. In this paragraph we present the metric form of the solution.
The Kantowski-Sachs metric is ds2 = −N 2 (t)dt2 + X 2 (t)dr2 + Y 2 (t)(dθ2 + sin θdφ2 ) and the metric
components are related to the connection variables by
Y 2 (t) = |pc (t)|,
X 2 (t) =
p2b (t)
,
|pc (t)|
N 2 (t) =
γ 2 δ 2 |pc (t)|
.
t2 sin2 δb
The explicit form of the lapse function N (t)2 in terms of the temporal coordinate t is
2
γ 2 δ 2 γδm
+
1
2t2
N 2 (t) =
"√
#2 .
√
√ 2 2
1+γ 2 δ2
2 δ 2 +1− 2m
(
1+γ
1+γ
δ
−1)
)
(
t
√
1 − (1 + γ 2 δ 2 ) √
√
1+γ 2 δ2
( 1+γ 2 δ 2 −1)
1+γ 2 δ 2 +1+( 2m
t )
(8)
(9)
In Fig.2 we have a plot of the lapse function −N (t)2 (∀t > 0), for m = 10 and γδ ∼ 1 (we have taken
γδ ∼ 1 to amplify, in the plot, the loop quantum gravity modifications at the Planck scale). The red
2 The
2 [18].
parameter δ is related to the minimum area eigenvalue that in quantum geometry is ∼ lP
4
Y@tD2
X!t"2
60
175
50
150
40
125
30
100
20
75
X!t"2
1
10
50
0.5
t
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
t
-0.5
10
20
30
40
50
25
-1
-1.5
t
2
4
6
8
10
Figure 3: Plot of X 2 (t) and Y 2 (t) for m = 10, γδ ∼ 1 and ∀t > 0; the event horizon for this particular
values of the parameters is in t = 20. The red trajectory corresponds to the classical Schwarzschild
solution and the green trajectory corresponds to the semiclassical solution.
trajectory corresponds to the classical solution −1/(2m/t − 1) and the green line to the semiclassical
solution. We can observe the two solutions are identically in the space-time region far from the Planck
scale. In particular they have the same asymptotic limit for t ≫ 2m. In the region 0 6 t 6 t∗ a plot
of −N 2 (t) is given in the square on the left side in Fig.2.
Using the second relation of (8) we can obtain also the other components of the metric [17],
√
#2
√ 2 2
( 1+γ δ −1)
( )√
t2
(2γδm)2 1 − (1 + γ 2 δ 2 ) √
√ 2 2
1+γ 2 δ2
δ
−1)
(
1+γ 2 δ 2 +1+( 2m
1+γ
)
t
.
X 2 (t) =
#2 2
"√
√
√ 2 2
i
h
1+γ 2 δ2
2
2m
2
2
1+γ δ +1−( t )
( 1+γ δ −1)
γδm
√
+ t4
(1 + γ 2 δ 2 )2 1 − √
√ 2 2
2
1+γ 2 δ2
δ
−1)
(
1+γ 2 δ 2 +1+( 2m
1+γ
t )
"√
1+γ 2 δ 2 +1−
2m
t
1+γ 2 δ2
(10)
and the radius of the S 2 sphere as a function of the temporal coordinate is
Y 2 (t) =
i
1 h γδm 2
4
+
t
.
t2
2
(11)
In Fig.3 a plot of X 2 (t) inside and outside the event horizon, ∀t > 0 is represented. From the
solution (10) we can calculate the limit for t → 0 and for t → ∞ and we obtain X 2 (t → 0) → −∞
2 2
(X 2 (t) ∼ t−γ δ for t ∼ 0) and X 2 (t → ∞) → −1 (the large distance limit is X 2 (t) ∼ −1 + γ 2 δ 2 ln 2m
t ,
1/δ 2
but the logarithmic correction is meaningful for a distance t ∼ e
which is longer the universe
radius). The value of the coordinate t where the solution X 2 (t) changes sign corresponds to the inner
horizon in t = t∗ localized. In the second picture of Fig.3 we have a plot of Y 2 (t) and we can note
a substantial difference with the classical solution. In the classical case the S 2 sphere goes to zero
for t → 0. In the semiclassical solution instead the S 2 sphare bounces on a minimum value of the
radius, which is Y 2 (tmin ) = γδm, and it expands again to infinity for t → 0. The minimum of Y 2 (t)
corresponds to the time coordinate tmin = (mγδ/2)1/2 .
It is useful make a change in variables from t → r in order to study the evaporation process, and
we focus our attention on the outside event horizon region toward the near horizon region. From
the outside event horizon point of view the causal structure of the space-time is defined by the
identifications −N 2 (t) → grr (r) and X 2 (t) → gtt (r). We redefine also the S 2 sphere radius in terms
of metric components, Y 2 (t) → Y 2 (r) = gθθ (r) = gφφ / sin2 θ. The solution can be summarized in the
following table.
5
60
50
0.5
40
0.4
0.3
30
0.2
20
0.1
4
10
1
2
4
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
5
Figure 4: Plot of the invariant Rµνρσ Rµνρσ for m = 10, γδ ∼ 1 and ∀t > 0; the large t behaviour is
1/t6 as shown in the zoom on the right side.
gµν
Semiclassical
0
gtt (r)
grr (r)
gθθ (r) =
gφφ (r)
sin2 θ
2
√
6 1+γ 2 δ2 +1−(
B
(2γδm)2 @1−(1+γ 2 δ 2 )4 √
√
1+γ 2 δ2
√
( 1+γ 2 δ2 −1) 7 C
)√
5 A
2 δ2 √
1+γ
( 1+γ 2 δ2 −1)
1+γ 2 δ2 +1+( 2m )
r
0 2
32 12
√
√
h
2 i
1+γ 2 δ2 √
2m
2 2
( 1+γ 2 δ2 −1) 7 C
B 6 1+γ δ +1−( r )√
γδm
2
2
2
(1+γ δ ) @1−4 √
+r 2
5
A
2r
1+γ 2 δ2 √
( 1+γ 2 δ2 −1)
1+γ 2 δ2 +1+( 2m )
r
h
i
γ 2 δ 2 ( γδm
)2 +1
2r2
2
32
−
√
√
1+γ 2 δ2 √
2 δ2 +1− 2m
2 δ2 −1)
1+γ
1+γ
(
(
)
6
7
r
√
1−(1+γ 2 δ 2 )4 √
5
1+γ 2 δ2 √
( 1+γ 2 δ2 −1)
1+γ 2 δ2 +1+( 2m )
r
2
γδm
+ r2
2r
2m
r
Classical
32 1
−(1 −
2m
r )
1
1− 2m
r
r2
If we develop the metric in the table by the parameter δ (or lP in dimensionless units) we obtain the
Schwarzschild solution to zero order: gtt (r) = −(1 − 2m/r) + O(δ 2 ), grr (r) = 1/(1 − 2m/r) + O(δ 2 )
and gθθ (r) = gφφ (r)/ sin2 θ = r2 + O(δ 2 ).
Regular semiclassical solution in r = 0. In this paragraph we show the semiclassical solution
is regular in r = 0 where the classical singularity is localized. We calculate the curvature invariant
Rµνρσ Rµνρσ and we plot the result in terms of the variable t. The classical singularity is in t = 0
localized. We express the curvature invariant in terms of the functions N (t), X(t) and Y (t) of the
previous section and we obtain
"
2
2
1 dX
1 dY
1 d
1 d
µνρσ
+2
+
Rµνρσ R
=4
XN dt N dt
Y N dt N dt
#
2
dY 2 2
1 dX 1 dY
1
2
+2
.
(12)
+ 4 4 N +
XN dt Y N dt
Y N
dt
Introducing the explicit form of the metric in (12) we obtain a regular quantity in t = 0.We give in
Fig.4 a plot of the result in term of the coordinate t. From the plot it is evident that the curvature
6
F@tD
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
t
-2.5
-5
-7.5
-10
-12.5
-15
Figure 5: Plot of the first correction to the gravitational potential for m = 10 and γδ ∼ 1 to amplify
the quantum gravity effects; the red trajectory corresponds to the classical potential and the green
trajectory to the semiclassical one.
invariant tends to zero for t → 0 and match with the classical quantity for large value of the time
coordinate t. We give below the first correction in δ to the curvature invariant
48m2
t6
m
8mγ 2 δ 2
3
2
2 3
5
4
4
−33m
+
12m
t
−
6m
t
+
2t
+
2mt
(ln(8)
−
1)
+
6mt
ln
+ O(δ 3 ).
+
t10
t
Rµνρσ Rµνρσ =
(13)
From (13) we can see that the first correction to the curvature invariant is singular in t = 0 and this
is the same for each other orders. This note shows that the regularity of the semiclassical solution
is a genuinely non perturbative result. (For the semiclassical solution the trace of the Ricci tensor
(R = Rµµ ) is not identically zero as for the Schwarzschild solution. We have calculated the trace
invariant and we have showed that also this quantity is regular in r = 0).
Corrections to the Newtonian potential. Another quantity that we can extract from the semiclassical metric is the first correction of gravitational potential. The gravitational potential is related
to the metric by Φ(r) = − 12 (gtt (r) + 1). Developing the metric component (10) by the parameter δ
we obtain the first correction to the gravitational potential
m
3m 2m2
2m
m2
m3
2m
m γ 2δ2
1 + ln
−
−
(14)
ln
+ 2 + 4− 5 .
Φ(r) = − −
r
2
r
r
r
r
r
4r
2r
The parameter δ = lP /L, where L is the characteristic length of the physical system, plays the role of
dimensionless Plank length. When we restore the length units the first five terms are multiplied by
(lP /L)2 and the last two by lP2 .
2
Temperature, entropy and evaporation
The form of the metric calculated in the preview section and in [17] has the general form
ds2 = −g(r)dt2 + f −1 (r)dr2 + h2 (r)(dθ2 + sin2 θdφ2 ),
7
(15)
·
0.2
·
-6
·
1·10
1·10
-6
5·10
-7
-7
7.5·10
0.15
-7
5·10
-7
2.5·10
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
20
0.1
r
-7
-2.5·10
-5·10
-7
-1·10
-6
40
60
80
r
0.05
-7
-5·10
-7
-7.5·10
-6
5
-1·10
15
10
20
25
30
r
-1.5·10
-6
Figure 6: Plot of the effective energy density ρ for m = 10 and γδ ∼ 1. The plots represent the energy
density (in the center plot) and two zooms for r ∼ 0 and r & 2m.
P_Θ
0.01
P_r
0.01
0.0075
P_Θ
0.00001
0.005
0.005
2
4
6
8
10
r
5·10
-6
0.0025
-0.005
2
4
6
8
10
r
20
40
60
80
100
r
-0.01
-0.0025
-0.015
-0.005
-0.0075
-0.02
-0.01
-0.025
-5·10
-6
-0.00001
Figure 7: Plot of the pressures Pr , Pθ for m = 10 and γδ ∼ 1. The first plot represents the pressure
Pr , the second and the third plot represent the pressure Pθ for r 6 2m and r & 2m respectively.
where the functions f (r), g(r) and h(r) depend on the mass parameter m and are given in the table
of the first section. We can introduce the null coordinate v to express the metricR (15) p
in the Bardeen
r
form. The null coordinate v is p
defined by the relation v = t + r∗ , where r∗ =
dr/ f (r)g(r) and
the differential is dv = dt + dr/ f (r)g(r). In the new coordinate the metric is
2
2
ds = −g(r)dv + 2
s
g(r)
drdv + h2 (r)(dθ2 + sin2 θdφ2 ).
f (r)
(16)
We can interpret our black hole solution has been generated by an effective matter fluid that simulates
the loop quantum gravity corrections (in analogy with the paper [19]). The effective gravity-matter
system satisfies by definition of the Einstein equation G = 8πT, where T is the effective energy tensor.
In this paper we are not interested to the explicit form of the stress energy tensor however we give
a plot of the tensor components for completeness. It is possible to calculate the stress energy tensor
by using the Einstein equations. The stress energy tensor for a perfect fluid compatible with the
space-time symmetries is Tνµ = (−ρ, Pr , Pθ , Pθ ) and in terms of the Einstein tensor the components
are ρ = −Gtt /8πGN , Pr = Grr /8πGN and Pθ = Gθθ /8πGN . We can calculate the Einstein tensor
components using the metric in the table of section one. The components of the effective energy
tensor that simulates quantum gravity effects are plotted in Fig.6 and Fig.7. In the plots we have
amplified quantum gravity effects taking γδ ∼ 1, however it is evident that the energy density and
pressure are meaningful only in the Planck region. In the contrary for r ≫ lP , energy density and
pressure tend to zero. To the second order in δ 2 the energy density is
ρ=
m(7m2 − r4 + mr(2r2 − 3))γ 2 δ 2
.
8πGN r7
(17)
If we develop the semiclassical metric solution of section one to order δ 2 and we introduce the result
in the Einstein tensor Gµν , we obtain (to order δ 2 ) the energy density (17). The semiclassical metric
C
to zero order in δ is the classical Schwarzschild solution (gµν
) and Gµν (g C ) ≡ 0.
8
T@mD
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
m
0.8
Figure 8: Plot of the temperature as function of the mass m and γδ ∼ 1 to amplify the quantum
gravity effects; the red trajectory corresponds to the Hawking temperature TH = 1/8πm and the
green trajectory corresponds to the quantum geometry temperature.
Temperature. In this paragraph we are interested in calculate the temperature and entropy for
our modified black hole solution and analyze the evaporation process. The Bekenstein-Hawking temperature is given in terms of the surface gravity κ by TBH = κ/2π. The surface gravity is defined
by
1
1
κ2 = − g µν gρσ ∇µ χρ ∇ν χσ = − g µν gρσ Γρµ0 Γσν0 ,
2
2
(18)
where χµ = (1, 0, 0, 0) is a timelike Killing vector and Γµνρ is the connection compatibles with the metric
gµν of (15). Using the semiclassical metric in the table of section one we can calculate the surface
2
2
, therefore the temperature is
= 64m16m
gravity in r = 2m obtaining κ2 = − 41 g 00 g 11 ∂g∂r00
2 +γ 2 δ 2
TBH =
8m
.
π(64m2 + γ 2 δ 2 )
(19)
The temperature in (19) coincides with the Hawking temperature in the limit δ → 0. In Fig.8 we have
a plot of the temperature as a function of the black hole mass m. The red trajectory corresponds to
the Hawking temperature and the green trajectory corresponds to the semiclassical one. There is a
substantial difference for small values of the mass, in fact the semiclassical temperature tends to zero
and does not diverge for m → 0. The temperature is maximum for m = γδ/8 and Tmax = 1/2πγδ.
Entropy. Another
R interesting quantity to calculate is the entropy and its quantum corrections. By
definition SBH = dm/TBH (m) and we obtain
SBH = 4πm2 +
γ 2δ2
ln m2 .
16
(20)
On the other hand the event horizon area (in r = 2m) is
A=
Z
dφdθ sin θ Y 2 (r) = 16πm2 +
9
πγ 2 δ 2
.
4
(21)
Using (21) we can express the entropy in terms of the event horizon area
SBH
A γ 2δ2
πγ 2 δ 2
πγ 2 δ 2
γ 2δ2
A
= +
1−
−
ln
−
ln 4π =
4
16
4
4A
16
16
γ 2δ2
πγ 2 δ 2
πγ 2 δ 2
γ 2δ2
A
A γ 2δ2
+
−
ln
ln 1 −
−
ln 4π =
= +
4
16
4
16
4A
16
16
n
∞
A γ 2δ2
γ 2 δ 2 X 1 πγ 2 δ 2
γ 2δ2
πγ 2 δ 2
A
= +
−
ln
−
ln 4π.
−
4
16
4
16 n=1 n
4A
16
16
(22)
In the last step we have developed the secondln-function
for δ 2 ≪ A to compare our result with the
P
4 n
A
A
general formula in letterature S = 4 + ρ ln 4 + n=1 cn A
+ const.. Our calculation reproduces
the standard area term and the logarithmic correction. In (22) the (δ 2 /A)n corrections appear in the
form of another logarithmic function.
Evaporation process. In the previews paragraph the metric (16) is a static solution of the effective
Einstein equation of motion outside the event horizon. That solution is a right even if the mass is
a function of the null coordinate v but with a non static effective stress energy tensor. In this
paper we are not interested in the explicit form of the energy tensor. Instead we are interested in
the evaporation process of the mass and in particular in the energy flux from the black hole. The
2
luminosity can be estimated using the Stefan law and it is given by L(m) = σA(m)TBH
(m), where
2
(for a single massless field with two degree of freedom) σ = π /60, A(m) is the event horizon area
and TBH (m) is the Bekenstein-Hawking temperature calculated in the previous section. At the first
order in the luminosity the metric (16) witch incorporates the decreasing mass as function of the null
coordinate v is also a solution but with a new effective stress energy tensor as underlined previously.
Introducing the results (19) and (21) of the previous paragraph in the luminosity L we obtain
L(m) =
216 m6 + 210 γ 2 δ 2 m4
.
60π(64m2 + γ 2 δ 2 )4
(23)
Using (23) we can solve the fist order differential equation
−
dm(v)
= L[m(v)]
dv
(24)
to obtain the mass function m(v). The result of integration with initial condition m(v = 0) = m0 is
5120π(m − m0 )3 + 720πγ 2 δ 2 (m − m0 ) −
45πγ 4 δ 4
4
1
1
−
m m0
−
5πγ 6 δ 6
256
1
1
− 3
m3
m0
= −v. (25)
In Fig.9 there is an implicit plot of m(v) and it is evident the difference with the classical result.
Classically (red trajectory) the mass evaporates in a finite time but at the semiclassical level (green
trajectory) the mass evaporates in an infinite time. We can calculate the value of m where the
concavity of m(v) changes. From the second derivative of the function m(v) we obtain
1024m3 (32m2 − γ 2 δ 2 )
d2 m(v)
∼
−L[m(v)]
.
dv 2
15π(64m2 + γ 2 δ 2 )4
(26)
√ . The value mc is in the order Planck mass and
and equalling (26) to zero we obtain the mass mc = 4γδ
2
at this scale it is inevitable a complete quantum analysis of the problem. However in this semiclassical
study the evaporation process needs of infinite time.
10
m@vD
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
v
30000
Figure 9: Plot of m(v) for m0 = 1, γδ ∼ 1 and ∀v > 0. In the plot it is evident that classically (red
trajectory) the mass evaporate in a finite time, on the contrary using the solution suggested by loop
quantum black hole the mass evaporate in an infinite time.
Conclusions
In this paper we have extended to all space time the regular solution calculated and studied inside the
event horizon in the preview paper [17]. The solution has been obtained solving the Hamilton equation of motion for the Kantowski-Sachs space-time [20] using the regularized Hamiltonian constraint
suggested by loop quantum gravity. The semiclassical solution reproduces the Schwarzschild solution
at large distance from the event horizon but it is substantially different in the Planck region near the
point r = 0, where the singularity is (classically) localized. The solution has two event horizons :
the first in r = 2m and the other near the point r = 0 (this suggests a similarity with the result in
“asymptotic safety quantum gravity” [19], but the radius of such horizon is smaller than the Planck
length and in this region it is inevitable a complete quantum analysis of the problem [16]).
In this paper we have concentrated our attention on the evaporation process and we have calculated
the temperature, entropy ( with all the correction suggested by the particular model) and the mass
variation formula as seen by a distant observer at the time v. The main results are:
1. The classical black hole singularity near r ∼ 0 disappears from the semiclassical solution. The
classical divergent curvature invariant is bounded in the the semiclassical theory and in particular
Rµνρσ Rµνρσ → 0 for r → 0 and for r → ∞.
2. The Bekenstein-Hawking temperature TBH (m) is regular for m ∼ 0 and tends to zero
TBH =
8m
.
π(64m2 + γ 2 δ 2 )
(27)
3. The black hole entropy in terms of the horizon area reproduces the A/4lP2 term but contain also
the ln-correction and all the other correction in (lP2 /A)n
γ2
A
ln
S= 2 +
4lP
16
A
4lP2
γ2
4πγ 2 lP2
+
+ const,
ln 1 −
16
16A
(where we have repristed the length units).
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4. The evaporation process needs an infinite time in our semiclassical analysis but the difference
with the classical result
√ is evident only at the Planck scale when the black hole mass is the
order m ∼ mc = γδ/4 2. In this extreme energy conditions it is inevitable a complete quantum
gravity analysis that can implies a complete evaporation [22].
We think that the semiclassical analysis performed here will sheds light on the problem of the
“information loss” in the process of black hole formation and evaporation but a complete quantum
analysis is necessary to understand what happen in the Planck region. See in particular [22] for a
possible physical interpretation of the black hole information loss problem.
Acknowledgements
We are strongly indebted to Roberto Balbinot for crucial criticisms, inputs and suggestions. We are
grateful also to Alfio Boananno, Eugenio Bianchi and Guido Cossu for many important and clarifying
discussion.
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