Regular Black Hole Formation and Gamma-Ray Burst from Matter Conversion

Abstract

During the gravitational collapse of a massive star into a regular black hole, a new form of matter must be produced in order to prevent the formation of a central singularity. Since such matter is not present in the initial stellar configuration, it must emerge dynamically during the collapse. This formation process is expected to be accompanied by a strong release of energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation, which may be observable. Here we investigate the gravitational collapse of baryonic matter into Dymnikova-Hayward-Bardeen regular black holes. We estimate the radiation density and the corresponding bolometric luminosity generated by the formation of the matter sector responsible for singularity avoidance. We show that such processes provide a possible mechanism for gamma-ray bursts. Moreover, compatibility with gamma-ray burst requires small regularization effects. As a result, the corresponding regular black holes differ weakly from the Schwarzschild black hole.