Evaporation of regular black holes in 2D dilaton gravity
We present a general class of nonsingular black holes in semiclassical, two-dimensional dilaton gravity, with a focus on a Bardeen-like model. The equations of motion for an evaporating black hole including backreaction are solved numerically. The apparent horizons evaporate smoothly in finite time to form a compact trapped region. Backreaction effects lead to the formation of additional trapped and antitrapped regions after the primary black hole evaporates. Numerical simulations of microscopic black holes yield a final spacetime that is free of apparent horizons and Cauchy horizons, suggesting that the evaporation of regular 2D black holes is a unitary process.
Authors
- G. Kunstatter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6758-9137)
- Andrei V. Frolov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1984-8234)
- Jonathan Barenboim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6591-8496)
Institutions
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- The University of Winnipeg (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.104068
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.62
Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada