Exact, nonsingular black holes from a phantom DBI field as primordial dark matter
We present the first exact, non-singular black hole solution in General Relativity sourced by a Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) scalar field. Crucially, the solution is exclusively supported by \emph{the phantom branch of the DBI action}, dynamically replacing the central singularity with a regular core. The solution is asymptotically flat, possesses non-trivial scalar hair, and replaces the central singularity with a regular 2-sphere. The mechanism for singularity resolution is a dynamical \emph{kinetic stiffness} which also explains the evasion of classical no-hair theorems. We show these black holes evaporate to a non-singular relic with mass of the order of a gram. This provides a robust mechanism to evade standard evaporation constraints, opening a vast, previously forbidden mass window for light \emph{Primordial Black Holes} to constitute dark matter. The model is testable via distinctive gravitational-wave signatures from its scalar hair.
Authors
- Anonymous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8504-0700)
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/118s-qpgy
- Primary Topic
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Arthritis National Research Foundation