On gravitational collapse and integrable singularities

TL;DR

This paper explores the final stages of gravitational collapse in black holes, proposing a quantum framework that involves integrable singularities and a transition called Minkowski breaking, supported by semiclassical analysis.

Contribution

It introduces a quantum perspective on gravitational collapse, highlighting the role of integrable singularities and the Minkowski breaking transition in black hole interiors.

Findings

Quantum potential opposes collapse after Minkowski breaking.

Semiclassical energy-momentum tensor provides insights into collapse dynamics.

Madelung approximation models collapsing matter behavior.

Abstract

Schwarzschild black holes are expected to emerge as the end states of the classical gravitational collapse from non-singular configurations. After integrable curvature singularities appear, the interior geometry can be modelled to exhibit a transition, called ``Minkowski breaking'', when the inner horizon disappears, before all matter collapses into the central singularity. This picture implies a quantum framework to describe the final stages of the gravitational collapse, and here we will provide more insights from the semiclassical approximation for the energy-momentum tensor and the Madelung approximation for collapsing matter. In particular, we will show that the quantum potential in the Raychaudhuri equation starts to strongly oppose the collapse towards the Schwarzschild singularity precisely after the Minkowski breaking.