Published November 7, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Penrose diagram for a transient black hole

  • 1. Computational Physics Laboratory, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059 (United States)

Description

A Penrose diagram is constructed for a spatially coherent black hole that smoothly begins an accretion, and then excretes symmetrically as measured by a distant observer, with the initial and final states described by a metric of the Minkowski form. Coordinate curves on the diagram are computationally derived. Causal relationships between spacetime regions are briefly discussed. The life cycle of the black hole demonstrably leaves asymptotic observers in an unaltered Minkowski spacetime of uniform conformal scale.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/21/215015

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/27/21/215015;
PII
S0264-9381(10)60806-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
[11 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42033116
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; BLACK HOLES; CAUSALITY; COORDINATES; COSMOLOGY; METRICS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; SPACE-TIME; TRANSIENTS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE