In the spherically symmetric case, the dominant energy condition, together with the requirement of regularity at the centre, asymptotic flatness and finiteness of the ADM mass, defines the family of asymptotically flat globally regular solutions to the Einstein equations which includes the class of metrics asymptotically de Sitter as r ? 0. The source term corresponds to an r-dependent cosmological term ??? invariant under boosts in the radial direction and evolving from the de Sitter vacuum ?g?? in the origin to the Minkowski vacuum at infinity. The ADM mass is related to a cosmological term by m = (2G)?1?0??ttr2 dr, with the de Sitter vacuum replacing a central singularity at the scale of symmetry restoration. Spacetime symmetry changes smoothly from the de Sitter group near the centre to the Lorentz group at infinity through radial boosts in between. In the range of masses m ? mcrit, de Sitter?Schwarzschild geometry describes a vacuum nonsingular black hole (?BH), and for m < mcrit, it describes a G-lump?a vacuum self-gravitating particle-like structure without horizons. The quantum energy spectrum of the G-lump is shifted down by the binding energy and zero-point vacuum mode is fixed at the value corresponding (up to the coefficient) to the Hawking temperature from the de Sitter horizon.

The cosmological term as a source of mass

We formulate the requirements which lead to the existence of a class of globally regular solutions of the minimally coupled GR equations asymptotically de Sitter at the center. The source term for this class, invariant under boosts in the radial direction, is classified as spherically symmetric vacuum with variable density and pressure associated with an r-dependent cosmological term , whose asymptotic at the origin, dictated by the weak energy condition, is the Einstein cosmological term Λgμν, while asymptotic at infinity is de Sitter vacuum with λ < Λ or Minkowski vacuum. For this class of metrics the mass m defined by the standard ADM formula is related to both the de Sitter vacuum trapped at the origin and the breaking of space–time symmetry. In the case of the flat asymptotic, space–time symmetry changes smoothly from the de Sitter group at the center to the Lorentz group at infinity through radial boosts in between. Geometry is asymptotically de Sitter as r → 0 and asymptotically Schwarzschild at large r. In the range of masses m ≥ mcrit, the de Sitter–Schwarzschild geometry describes a vacuum nonsingular black hole (ΛBH), and for m < mcrit it describes G-lump — a vacuum selfgravitating particle-like structure without horizons. In the case of de Sitter asymptotic at infinity, geometry is asymptotically de Sitter as r → 0 and asymptotically Schwarzschild–de Sitter at large r. Λμν geometry describes, dependently on parameters m and and choice of coordinates, a vacuum nonsingular cosmological black hole, self-gravitating particle-like structure at the de Sitter background λgμν, and regular cosmological models with cosmological constant evolving smoothly from Λ to λ.

Spherically symmetric space-time with the regular de Sitter center

We give a comparative description of different types of regular static, spherically symmetric black holes (BHs) and discuss in more detail their particular type, which we suggest to call black universes. The latter have a Schwarzschild-like causal structure, but inside the horizon there is an expanding Kantowski–Sachs universe and a de Sitter infinity instead of a singularity. Thus a hypothetic BH explorer gets a chance to survive. Solutions of this kind are naturally obtained if one considers static, spherically symmetric distributions of various (but not all) kinds of phantom matter whose existence is favoured by cosmological observations. It also looks possible that our Universe has originated from phantom-dominated collapse in another universe and underwent isotropization after crossing the horizon. An explicit example of a black-universe solution with positive Schwarzschild mass is discussed.

Regular black holes and black universes

We review, in a historical perspective, some results about black hole spacetimes with a regular center. We then see how their properties are realized in a specific solution that recently appeared; in particular we analyze in detail the (necessary) violation of the strong energy condition.

Spherical black holes with regular center: a review of existing models including a recent realization with Gaussian sources

To have the correct picture of a black hole as a whole, it is of crucial importance to understand its interior. The singularities that lurk inside the horizon of the usual Kerr-Newman family of black hole solutions signal an endpoint to the physical laws and, as such, should be substituted in one way or another. A proposal that has been around for sometime is to replace the singular region of the spacetime by a region containing some form of matter or false vacuum configuration that can also cohabit with the black hole interior. Black holes without singularities are called regular black holes. In the present work, regular black hole solutions are found within general relativity coupled to Maxwell's electromagnetism and charged matter. We show that there are objects which correspond to regular charged black holes, whose interior region is de Sitter, whose exterior region is Reissner-Nordstr\"om, and the boundary between both regions is made of an electrically charged spherically symmetric coat. There are several types of solutions: regular nonextremal black holes with a null matter boundary, regular nonextremal black holes with a timelike matter boundary, regular extremal black holes with a timelike matter boundary, and regular overcharged stars with a timelike matter boundary. The main physical and geometrical properties of such charged regular solutions are analyzed.

Regular black holes: Electrically charged solutions, Reissner-Nordstr\'om outside a de Sitter core

Universes inside a Λ black hole

We address the question of universes inside a $\Lambda$ black hole which is described by a spherically symmetric globally regular solution to the Einstein equations with a variable cosmological term $\Lambda_{\mu\nu}$, asymptotically $\Lambda g_{\mu\nu}$ as $r\to 0$ with $\Lambda$ of the scale of symmetry restoration. Global structure of spacetime contains an infinite sequence of black and white holes, vacuum regular cores and asymptotically flat universes. Regular core of a $\Lambda$ white hole models the initial stages of the Universe evolution. In this model it starts from a nonsingular nonsimultaneous big bang, which is followed by a Kasner-type anisotropic expansion. Creation of a mass occurs mostly at the anisotropic stage of quick decay of the initial vacuum energy. We estimate also the probability of quantum birth of baby universes inside a $\Lambda$ black hole due to quantum instability of the de Sitter vacuum.

Universes inside a $\Lambda$ black hole

We present a graviatom with de Sitter interior as a new candidate to atomic dark matter generically related to a vacuum dark energy through its de Sitter vacuum interior. It is a gravitationally bound quantum system consisting of a nucleus represented by a regular primordial black hole (RPBH), its remnant or gravitational vacuum soliton G-lump, and a charged particle. We estimate probability of formation of RPBHs and G-lumps in the early Universe and evaluate energy spectrum and electromagnetic radiation of graviatom which can in principle bear information about a fundamental symmetry scale responsible for de Sitter interior and serve as its observational signatures.

https://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ahep/2013/746894.pdf

Graviatoms with de Sitter Interior

Quantum birth of a hot universe

We consider quantum birth of a hot Universe in the framework of quantum qeometrodynamics in the minisuperspace model. The energy spectrum of the Universe in the pre-de-Sitter domain naturally explains the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy. The false vacuum where the Universe tunnels from the pre-de-Sitter domain is assumed to be of a Grand Unification Theory (GUT) scale. The probability of the birth of a hot Universe from a quantum level proves to be about $10^{-10^{14}}$. In the presence of matter with a negative pressure (quintessence) it is possible for open and flat universes to be born as well as closed ones.

Michael Fil'chenkov

Papers

Universes inside a Λ black hole

Universes inside a $\Lambda$ black hole

Graviatoms with de Sitter Interior

Quantum birth of a hot universe

Quantum Birth of a Hot Universe