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Effective black hole interior and the Raychadhuri equation
Keagan Blanchette
arXiv:2110.05397v1 [gr-qc] 11 Oct 2021
Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
E-mail: kblanch@yorku.ca
Saurya Das
Theoretical Physics Group and Quantum Alberta, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethhbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
E-mail: saurya.das@uleth.ca
Samantha Hergott
Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
E-mail: sherrgs@yorku.ca
Saeed Rastgoo
Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
E-mail: srastgoo@yorku.ca
We show that loop quantum gravity effects leads to the finiteness of expansion and its
rate of change in the effective regime in the interior of the Schwarzschild black hole. As
a consequence the singularity is resolved.
Keywords: Black hole singularity, loop quantum gravity, expansion, Raychaudhuri equation
1. Introduction
Singularities are well-known predictions of General Relativity (GR). They are recognized as regions that geodesics can reach in finite proper time but cannot be extended beyond them. Such geodesics are called incomplete. This notion can be formulated in terms of the existence of conjugate points using the Raychaudhuri equation [1]. The celebrated Hawking-Penrose singularity theorems prove that under
normal assumptions, all spacetime solutions of GR will have incomplete geodesics,
and will therefore be singular [1–3]. These objects, however, are in fact predictions beyond the domain of applicability of GR. So there is a consensus among the
gravitational physics community that they should be regularized in a full theory of
quantum gravity. Although there is no such theory available yet, nevertheless there
are a few candidates with rigorous mathematical structure with which we can investigate the question of singularity resolution. One such candidate is loop quantum
gravity (LQG) [4], which is a connection-based canonical framework.
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Within LQG, there have been numerous studies of both the interior and the
full spacetime of black holes in four and lower dimensions [5–16]. These attempts
were originally inspired by loop quantum cosmology (LQC), more precisely a certain quantization of the isotropic Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW)
model [17, 18] which uses a certain type of quantization of the phase space variables
called polymer quantization [19–23]. This quantiztion introduces a so called polymer parameter that sets the scale at which the quantum effects become important.
There are various schemes of such quantization based on the form of the polymer
parameter.
In this paper, we examine the issue of singularity resolution via the LQGmodified Raychaudhuri equation for the interior of the Schwarzschild black hole.
By choosing adapted holonomies and fluxes, which are the conjugate variables in
LQG, and using polymer quantization, we compute the corresponding expansion of
geodesics and derive the effective Raychaudhuri equation. This way we show effective terms introduce a repulsive effect which prevents the formation of conjugate
points. This implies that the classical singularity theorems are rendered invalid and
the singularity is resolved, at least for the spacetime under consideration.
This paper is organized as follows. In Sec. 2, we review the classical interior of
the Schwarzschild black hole. In Sec. 3, we briefly discuss the classical Raychaudhuri equation and its importance. Then, in Sec. 4.1 we present the behavior of the
Raychaudhuri equation in the classical regime. In Sec. 4.2, the effective Raychaudhuri equation for three different schemes of polymer quantization are derived and
are compared with the classical behavior. Finally, in Sec. 5 we briefly discuss our
results and conclude.
2. Interior of the Schwarzschild black hole
It is well known that the metric of the interior of the Schwarzschild black hole can
be obtained by switching the the Schwarzschild coordinates t and r, due to the
fact that spacelike and timelike curves switch their causal nature upon crossing the
horizon. This yields the metric of the interior as
2
ds = −
−1
2GM
2GM
2
−1
− 1 dr2 + t2 dθ2 + sin2 θdφ2 .
dt +
t
t
(1)
This metric is in fact a special case of a Kantowski-Sachs cosmological spacetime
[24]
ds2KS = −N (T )2 dT 2 + gxx (T )dx2 + gθθ (T )dθ2 + gφφ (T )dφ2
(2)
One can obtain the Hamiltonian of the interior system in connection variables,
one first considers the full Hamiltonian of gravity written in terms of (the curvature)
of the su(2) Ashtekar-Barbero connection Aia and its conjugate momentum, the
densitized triad Ẽai . Using the Kantowski-Sachs symmetry, these variables can be
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written as [5]
c
τ3 dx + bτ2 dθ − bτ1 sin θdφ + τ3 cos θdφ,
L0
pb
pb
Ẽia τi ∂a =pc τ3 sin θ∂x +
τ2 sin θ∂θ −
τ1 ∂ φ ,
L0
L0
Aia τi dxa =
(3)
(4)
where b, c, pb , and pc are functions that only depend on time and τi = −iσi /2 are a
su(2) basis satisfying [τi , τj ] = ǫij k τk , with σi being the Pauli matrices. Here L0 is
a fiducial length of a fiducial volume, chosen to restrict the integration limits of the
symplectic form so that the integral does not diverge. Substituting these into the
full Hamiltonian of gravity written in Ashtekar connection variables, one obtains
the symmetry reduced Hamiltonian constraint adapted to this model as [5–7, 10, 16]
pb
N
√
2
2
H=−
(5)
b + γ √ + 2bc pc .
2Gγ 2
pc
while the diffeomorphism constraint vanishes identically due to the homogenous
nature of the model. Here, γ is the Barbero-Immirzi parameter [4], and pc ≥ 0.
The corresponding Poisson brackets of the model become
{c, pc } = 2Gγ,
{b, pb } = Gγ.
(6)
The general form of the Kantowski-Sachs metric written in terms of the above
variables becomes
ds2 = −N (T )2 dT 2 +
p2b (T )
dx2 + pc (T )(dθ2 + sin2 θdφ2 ).
L20 pc (T )
(7)
Comparing this with the standard Schwarzschild interior metric one obtains
pb =0,
pc =4G2 M 2 ,
on the horizon t = 2GM,
(8)
pb →0,
pc →0,
at the singularity t → 0.
(9)
3. The Raychaudhuri equation
The celebrated Raychaudhuri equation [1]
dθ
1
= − θ2 − σab σ ab + ωab ω ab − Rab U a U b
(10)
dτ
3
describes the behavior of geodesics in spacetime purely geometrically and independent of the theory of gravity under consideration. Here, θ is the expansion term
describing how geodesics focus or defocus; σab σ ab is the shear which describes how,
e.g., a circular configuration of geodesics changes shape into, say, an ellipse; ωab ω ab
is the vorticity term; Rab is the Ricci tensor; and U a is the tangent vector to the
geodesics. Note that, due the sign of the expansion, shear, and the Ricci term, they
all contribute to focusing, while the vorticity terms leads to defocusing.
In our case, since we consider the model in vacuum, Rab = 0. Also, in general
in Kantowski-Scahs models, the vorticity term is only nonvanishing if one considers
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metric perturbations [24]. Hence, ωab ω ab = 0 in our model, too. This reduces the
Raychaudhuri equation for our analysis to
1
dθ
= − θ2 − σab σ ab .
(11)
dτ
3
To obtain the right hand side of the equation above, we need to consider a congruence of geodesics and derive their expansion
and shear. By choosing such a
congruence with 4-velocities U a = N1 , 0, 0, 0 we obtain
ṗb
ṗc
+
,
N pb
2N pc
2
ṗc
ṗb
2
−
.
+
σ2 =
3
N pb
N pc
θ=
(12)
(13)
4. Classical vs effective Raychaudhuri equation
4.1. Classical Raychaudhuri equation
Having obtained the adapted form of the Raychaudhuri equation for our model, we
set to find it explicitly. Looking at (11)-(13) we see that we need the solutions to
the equations of motion to be able to compute them. In order to facilitate such a
derivation, we choose a gauge where the lapse function is
p
γ pc (T )
N (T ) =
,
(14)
b (T )
for which the Hamiltonian constraint becomes
i
pb
1 h 2
H=−
b + γ2
+ 2cpc .
2Gγ
b
(15)
The advantage of this lapse function is that the equations of motion of c, pc decouple
from those of b, pb . These equations of motion should be solved together with
enforcing the vanishing of the Hamiltonian constraint (15) on-shell (i.e., on the
constraint surface). Replacing these solutions into (11) one obtains
−2t + 3GM
3b γ
1
,
(16)
= ± 3p
−
θ =± √
2 pc γ
b
t 2 (2GM − t)
dθ
9b2
−2t2 + 8GM t − 9G2 M 2
γ2
1
1+ 2 + 2 =
.
(17)
=−
dτ
2pc
2γ
2b
(2GM − t) t3
dθ
is negative (since pc > 0) and both θ and
As expected, the right hand side of dτ
dθ
diverge
at
the
singularity
in
the
classical
regime. This can be seen from Fig. 1
dτ
which reaffirm the existence of a classical singularity at the center of the black hole.
4.2. Effective dynamics and Raychaudhuri equation
The effective behavior of the interior of the Schwarzschild black hole can be deduced
from its effective Hamiltonian (constraint). There are various equivalent ways to
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10
M1G
0
5
θ
M1G
-40
dτ
dθ
-20
0
-60
-5
-80
-100
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
-10
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
t (G M)
t (G M)
dθ
Fig. 1. Left: dτ
as a function of the Schwarzschild time t. Right: negative branch of θ as a
dθ
diverge as we approach t → 0. Note that the divergence at the
function of t. Both θ and dτ
horizon is due to the choice of Schwarzschild coordinate system.
obtain such an effective Hamiltonian from the classical one [5–7, 10, 16]. It turns
out that the easiest way is by replacing
sin (µb b)
,
µb
sin (µc c)
,
c→
µc
b→
(18)
(19)
in the classical Hamiltonian.
The free parameters µb , µc are the minimum scales associated with the radial
and angular directions [5, 7, 10, 25]. If these µ parameters are taken to be constant,
the corresponding approach is called the µ0 scheme. If, however, these parameters
depend on the conjugate momenta, the approach is called improved dynamics which
itself is divided into various subcategories. In case of the Schwarzschild interior
and due to lack of matter content, it is not clear which scheme yields the correct
semiclassical limit. Hence, for completeness, in this paper we will study the effective
theory in the constant µ scheme, which here we call the µ̊ scheme, as well as in two
of the most common improved schemes, which we denote by µ̄ and µ̄′ schemes.
Replacing (18) and (19) into the classical Hamiltonian (5), one obtains an effective Hamiltonian constraint,
2
sin (µb b) sin (µc c) √
sin (µb b)
pb
N
(N )
2
pc .
+γ
(20)
Heff = −
√ +2
2Gγ 2
µ2b
pc
µb
µc
In order to be able to compare the effective results with the classical case, we need
to use the same lapse as we did in the classical part. Under (18), this lapse (14)
becomes
√
γµb pc
.
(21)
N=
sin (µb b)
Using this in (20) we obtain
1
sin (µc c)
sin (µb b)
µb
Heff = −
pb
+ 2pc
+ γ2
.
2γG
µb
sin (µb b)
µc
(22)
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Note that both (20) and (22) reduce to their classical counterparts (5) and (15)
respectively, as is expected.
To obtain the effective Raychadhuri equation, we consider three cases:
(1) µ̊ scheme where µb = µ̊b and µc = µ̊c are constants,
(2) µ̄ scheme where we set
s
∆
,
µb = µ̄b =
pb
s
∆
,
µc = µ̄c =
pc
(23)
(24)
(3) µ̄′ scheme where we choose
µb = µ̄′b =
µc = µ̄′c =
s
√
∆
,
pc
(25)
pc ∆
.
pb
(26)
After replacing these (separately for each case) into the effective Hamiltonian
constraint (22) and finding their corresponding equations of motion [26], one
replaces the solutions in the Raychadhuri equation (11) to obtain the form of
dθ
dτ . It turns out that for all the three cases above we obtain
1 sin2 (µb b)
cos2 (µb b)
dθ
2
= 2
−
3
cos
(µ
c)
cos
(µ
b)
cos
(µ
c)
−
c
b
c
dτ γ pc
µ2b
4
γ2
µ2b
cos (µb b) cos (µb b)
− cos (µc c) −
cos (µb b)
+
,
(27)
pc
2
4
sin2 (µb b)
where it is understood that µ’s should be substituted for from cases 1–3 suitably
for each case.
4.2.1. µ̊ scheme
Let us first consider this case perturbatively in an analytic manner. Replacing
µb = µ̊b and µc = µ̊c as constants in (27) and then expanding for small values of
µ’s up to the second order we obtain
4
2
9b2
5b2
b
1
γ2
γ2
dθ
2 1
2 c
1 + 2 + 2 + µ̊b
1 + 2 . (28)
+ µ̊c
≈−
+
dτ
2pc
2γ
2b
2pc γ 2
3
2pc
γ
It is seen that the first term on the right-hand side above is the classical expression
(17) which is always negative and leads to the divergence of classical expansion
rate at the singularity, i.e., infinite focusing. However, Eq. (28) now involves two
additional effective terms proportional to µ̊2b and µ̊2c , both of which are positive.
Furthermore, from the solutions to equations of motion [26], one can infer that
these two terms take over close to where the classical singularity used to be and
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dθ
from diverging. This can, in fact, be confirmed by looking at the
stop θ and dτ
dθ
plotted in Fig. 2. There, it is seen that the
full nonperturbative behavior of dτ
quantum gravity effects counter the attractive nature of classical terms and turn
dθ
the curve around such that dτ
goes to zero for t → 0.
10
0
-10
dτ
dθ
eff - M 1
cl - M 1
-20
eff - M 4
cl - M 4
-30
-40
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
t (G M)
dθ
as a function of the Schwarzschild time t, for two different masses in classical
Fig. 2. Plot of dτ
vs effective regimes. The figure is plotted using γ = 0.5, G = 1, L0 = 1, and µ̊b = 0.08 = µ̊c .
4.2.2. µ̄ scheme
dθ
for
Similar to the µ̊ scheme we start by analyzing the perturbative expansion of dτ
this case by replacing (23) and (24) in (27) and expanding it for small µ̄’s up to
the lowest correction terms which in this case is ∆ (which can be considered as the
second order in µ̄ scales). This way we get
dθ
1
≈−
dτ
2pc
1+
9b2
γ2
+ 2
2
2γ
2b
+
4
5b2
c2
∆ 1
3b
2
1
+
+
.
+
γ
pc 6pb γ 2
2pc
γ2
(29)
Once again, the first term on the right-hand side is the classical expression of the
Raychaudhuri equation (17), which contributes to infinite focusing at the singularity,
but all the correction terms are positive and take over close to the position of the
dθ
from diverging similar to the µ̊ scheme.
classical singularity. This stops dτ
The full nonperturbative form of the modified Raychaudhuri equation in terms of
t can also be plotted plotted by substituting the numerical solutions of the equations
of motion for the µ̄ in (27). The result is plotted in Fig. 3. We see that, approaching
from the horizon to where the classical singularity used to be, an initial bump or
bounce in encountered, followed by a more pronounced bounce closer to where the
singularity used to be. Once again, the quantum corrections become dominant close
dθ
to the singularity and turn back the dτ
such that at t → 0 no focusing happens at
all. Furthermore, from the right plot in Fig. 3, we see that the first bounce in the
Raychaudhuri equation happens much earlier than the bounce in pc for this batch
of geodesics.
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0
0
-10
-20
dτ
dθ
-10
-20
dθ
dτ
-30
-30
-40
peff
c (t)
-40
-50
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
0.0
t (G M)
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
t (G M)
Fig. 3. Left: Raychaudhuri equation in the µ̄ scheme. Right: Raychaudhuri equation vs pc . The
vertical dot-dashed line at t ≈ 0.43GM is the position of the bounce of pc where its minimum
pmin
= 0.29 happens in this case. The figure is plotted using γ = 0.5, M = 1, G = 1, L0 = 1, and
c
∆ = 0.1.
4.2.3. µ̄′ scheme
The perturbative analytical form of
turns out to be
1
dθ
≈−
dτ
2pc
1+
γ2
9b2
+ 2
2
2γ
2b
+
dθ
dτ
for this case, up to the first correction term
3c2
1
∆
2
2
4
4
5b
+
γ
3b
+
γ
+
.
6γ 2 p2c
p2b
(30)
Although this perturbative form of the Raychaudhuri equation is a bit different from
previous cases, nevertheless it exhibits the property that the quantum corrections
are all positive and take over close to where the classical singularity used to be,
and hence once again contribute to defocusing of the geodesics. This case is, however, rather different from the previous two cases since the behavior of some of the
canonical variables as a function of the Schwarzschild time t deviates significantly
from those cases. In particular, both b and pc show a kind of damped oscillatory
behavior close to the classical singularity [26], which contributes to a more volatile
behavior of the Raychaudhuri equation.
The full nonperturbative Raychaudhuri equation and its close-ups in this case
are plotted in Fig. 4. It is seen that in this scheme, the Raychaudhuri equation
exhibits a more oscillatory behavior and has various bumps particularly when we
get closer to where the singularity used to be. Very close to the classical singularity,
its form resembles those of b and pc , behaving like a damped oscillation [26].
Two particular features are worth noting in this scheme. First, as we also
saw in previous schemes, quantum corrections kick in close to the singularity and
dominate the evolution such that the infinite focusing is remedied, hence signaling
the resolution of the singularity. Second, this scheme exhibits a nonvanishing value
dθ
at, or very close to, the singularity. In Fig. 4 with the particular choice of
for dτ
dθ
for t → 0 is approximately
numerical values of γ, M, G, L0 and ∆, the value of dτ
−5.5. Hence, although a nonvanishing focusing is not achieved in this case at where
the singularity used to be, nevertheless, there exists a relatively small focusing and
dθ
remains finite.
certainly dτ
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-20
-20
dτ
dθ
dτ
dθ
0
-40
-40
-60
-60
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
0.00
0.05
t (G M)
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
t (G M)
5
0
0
-5
-10
dτ
dθ
dτ
dθ
-5
-15
-10
-20
-15
-25
-30
0.000
0.005
0.010
0.015
0.020
0.025
0.030
0.0000 0.0005 0.0010 0.0015 0.0020 0.0025 0.0030
t (G M)
t (G M)
2
-3
0
-4
dτ
dθ
-5
dτ
dθ
-2
-4
-6
-6
-7
-8
-10
0.00000
0.00002
0.00004
0.00006
0.00008
t (G M)
0.00010
-8
0
2. × 10-7
4. × 10-7
6. × 10-7
8. × 10-7
1. × 10-6
t (G M)
Fig. 4. Raychaudhuri equation in the µ̄′ scheme. The top left figure shows the behavior over the
whole 0 ≤ t ≤ 2GM range. Other plots show various close-ups of that plot over smaller ranges of
t. The figure is plotted using γ = 0.5, M = 1, G = 1, L0 = 1, and ∆ = 0.1.
5. Discussion and outlook
In this work, we probed the structure of the interior of the Schwarzschild black
hole, particularly the region close to the classical singularity, using the effective
Raychaudhuri equation. The effective terms in this equation result from considering the effective modifications to the Hamiltonian of the interior due to polymer
quantization, which is equivalent to loop quantization of this model. We found out
dθ
diverges for r → 0, the effective terms
that while the classical rate of expansion dτ
dθ
counter such a divergence close to the singularity and make dτ
finite at r → 0.
We considered three main schemes of polymer quantization and the results hold
in all three. This is a strong indication that LQG points to the resolution of the
singularity in the effective regime.
It is also worth noting that very similar behavior has been derived recently
for several cases of Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) models [27, 28]. In
particular, it seems that these cases bare a significant resemblance to µ̊ and µ̄. This
can be taken as a cross-model affirmation that quantum gravity in general does
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resolve the singularity of the Schwarzschild black hole.
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