Evolving black hole horizons in General Relativity and alternative gravity

Abstract

From the microscopic point of view, realistic black holes are time-dependent and the teleological concept of event horizon fails. At present, the apparent or the trapping horizon seem its best replacements in various areas of black hole physics. We discuss the known phenomenology of apparent and trapping horizons for analytical solutions of General Relativity and alternative theories of gravity. These specific examples (we focus on spherically symmetric inhomogeneities in a background cosmological spacetime) may be useful as toy models for research on various aspects of black hole physics.

75 pages, 6 figures, invited paper to appear in "Aspects of Black Hole Physics", special issue of "Galaxies" edited by L. Vanzo