Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Author: Arvind Borde
Institutions: Tufts University, Long Island University
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Brookhaven National Laboratory
OpenAlex ID: W2023783126