Topology Change and Nonperturbative Instability of Black Holes in Quantum Gravity

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1996-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9612136v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

17 pages, TeX, requires phyzzx.tex

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Topology change in quantum gravity is considered. An exact wave function of the Universe is calculated for topological Chern-Simons 2+1 dimensional gravity. This wave function occurs as the effect of a quantum anomaly which leads to the induced gravity. We find that the wave function depends universally on the topology of the two-dimensional space. Indeed, the property of the ground state wave function of Chern-Simons gravity which has an attractive physical interpretation is that it becomes large in the infrared (large distances) if the Universe has ``classical'' topology $S^2\times R$. On the other hand, nonclassical topologies ${\Sigma}_g\times R$, where ${\Sigma}_g$ is the Riemann surface of genus g, are driven by quantum effects into the Planckian regime (``space-time foam''). The similar behavior of the quantum gravitational measure on four-manifolds constructed recently is discussed as the next example. We discuss the new phenomenon of the nonperturbative instability of black holes discovered recently. One finds that the Planck- sized black holes are unstable due to topology change. The decay rate is estimated using the instanton approximation. A possible solution to the primordial black hole problem in quantum cosmology is suggested.

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