Nonperturbative quantum gravity denounces singular black holes
General relativity predicts the presence of a singularity inside of a black hole revealing that it is not a complete theory of gravity. A real structure of a black hole interior near an expected singularity depends on the UV completion of gravity. In this paper we address the question of whether singular spherically symmetric solutions are absent (or present) in a complete gravity theory. We find that the answer is governed by the functional form of a nonperturbative graviton propagator. A ghost-free infinite derivative gravity is favored by the unitarity the graviton propagator of an exponential form. We explicitly show in this framework that a singularity is not possible unless an unphysical situation when a mass of the black hole is infinite is considered.
Authors
- Anna Tokareva
- Alexey S. Koshelev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6060-7942)
Institutions
- University of Beira Interior (PT)
- ShanghaiTech University (CN)
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific (CN)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University College of Applied Science (PS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.086026
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.27
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Institut Périmètre de physique théorique
- Science and Technology Facilities Council