A Topological Origin of Black Hole Mass
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| author | Sengupta, Sandipan |
| author_facet | Sengupta, Sandipan |
| contents | We show that the notion of a black hole mass could be superceded by that of a topological charge in a spacetime without matter and curvature singularity. This feature emerges through a set new spacetime solutions of first order gravity in vacuum, named as bubble spacetimes, constructed here by weaving together the degenerate and nondegenerate metric phases. For a static bubble, the boundary surface connecting the two phases is characterized by a universal topological number. Notably, this surface coincides with the photon sphere of the conventional black hole irrespective of the presence of the cosmological constant. In contrast, a phase boundary located at the event horizon is shown to be topologically trivial. Thus, along with the black hole mass, the photon sphere also acquires a topological interpretation. |
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| institution | arXiv |
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| spellingShingle | A Topological Origin of Black Hole Mass Sengupta, Sandipan General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory We show that the notion of a black hole mass could be superceded by that of a topological charge in a spacetime without matter and curvature singularity. This feature emerges through a set new spacetime solutions of first order gravity in vacuum, named as bubble spacetimes, constructed here by weaving together the degenerate and nondegenerate metric phases. For a static bubble, the boundary surface connecting the two phases is characterized by a universal topological number. Notably, this surface coincides with the photon sphere of the conventional black hole irrespective of the presence of the cosmological constant. In contrast, a phase boundary located at the event horizon is shown to be topologically trivial. Thus, along with the black hole mass, the photon sphere also acquires a topological interpretation. |
| title | A Topological Origin of Black Hole Mass |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02895 |