Regular black holes and topology change

Dec, 1996
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 55 (1997) 7615-7617
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The conditions are clarified under which regular (i.e., singularity-free) black holes can exist. It is shown that in a large class of spacetimes that satisfy the weak energy condition the existence of a regular black hole requires topology change.
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  • black hole
  • space-time
  • topology