Black hole decay and quantum instantons

Dongsu Bak, Sang Pyo Kim, Sung Ku Kim, Kwang Sup Soh, Jae Hyung Yee

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Abstract

We study the analytic structure of the S matrix which is obtained from the reduced Wheeler-DeWitt wave function describing spherically symmetric gravitational collapse of massless scalar fields. The complex simple poles in the S matrix lead to the wave functions that satisfy the same boundary condition as quasinormal modes of a black hole, and correspond to the bounded states of the Euclidean Wheeler-DeWitt equation. These wave function are interpreted as quantum instantons.

Original languageEnglish
Article number047504
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume62
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2000

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