Internal structure of black holes

Journal Article · Thu Mar 15 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.41.1796· OSTI ID:6903783

Poisson, E; Israel, W ^[1]

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1. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cosmology Program, Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J1 (CA)

The gravitational effects associated with the radiative tail produced by a gravitational collapse with rotation are investigated. It is shown that the infinite blueshift of the tail's energy density occurring at the Cauchy horizon of the resulting black hole causes a classically unbounded inflation of the effective internal gravitational-mass parameter of the hole. Since this effect is causally disconnected from any external observer, the black-hole external mass remains bounded. The mass inflation phenomenon causes the spacetime curvature to grow to Planckian scales on a spacelike hypersurface in the vicinity of the Cauchy horizon, beyond which the classical laws of general relativity break down. A consequence is that an observer's trip to this hypersurface embraces all but the last Planck time of the entire black-hole classical history.

• OSTI ID: 6903783
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 41:6; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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