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Inner-horizon instability and mass inflation in black holes

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (USA)
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  1. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cosmology Program, Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2J1 (CA)
Gravitational collapse with rotation leaves a slowly decaying radiative tail which becomes infinitely blueshifted at the inner horizon of the resulting black hole. We study the gravitational effects of this on the inner structure of the hole, using a simple spherical model. In the presence of outflow from the collapsing star, the gravitational-mass parameter and the curvature are inflated at and within the inner horizon to values which, classically, are unlimited. Implications of this result are briefly discussed.
OSTI ID:
5355704
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 63:16; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English