Polymer Geodesic Motion in Schwarzschild Spacetime

Abstract: In this paper we will study the geodesic motion of massive particles, in a Schwarzschild background, with a semi-classical quantum framework called "Polymer Quantum Mechanics" (PQM) in order to investigate the black hole phenomenology resulting from this formulation, which accounts for Planckian scale physics. In particular we studied two main scenarios, being the radial in-fall and circular orbits and their stability. In this framework, we built an effective Hamiltonian taking into account the polymer quantum effects, altering the classical equations of motion with Planckian scale corrections. As a main result, we obtained the existence of a classically forbidden region surrounding the event horizon, preventing particles from crossing it. Additionally, we discovered the presence of stable circular orbits below both the classical Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO) and the horizon (corresponding to closed time-like geodesics).