Quantum Effects in Black Hole Interiors

TL;DR

This paper investigates how quantum effects influence the classical divergence of Weyl curvature inside black holes, focusing on the behavior near the inner horizon using a spherical model.

Contribution

It introduces a spherical model to analyze quantum modifications to classical curvature growth inside black holes, highlighting the role of conformally coupled fields.

Findings

Quantum effects alter the classical divergence of Weyl curvature.

Conformal fields impact the blueshifting and absorption processes.

The model provides insights into quantum corrections near the inner horizon.

Abstract

The Weyl curvature inside a black hole formed in a generic collapse grows, classically without bound, near to the inner horizon, due to partial absorption and blueshifting of the radiative tail of the collapse. Using a spherical model, we examine how this growth is modified by quantum effects of conformally coupled massless fields.