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A new type of quantum correction to the structure of classical black holes is investigated. This concerns the physics of event horizons induced by the occurrence of stochastic quantum gravitational fields. The theoretical framework is provided by the theory of manifestly covariant quantum gravity and the related prediction of an exclusively quantum-produced stochastic cosmological constant. The specific example case of the Schwarzschild–deSitter geometry is looked at, analyzing the consequent stochastic modifications of the Einstein field equations. It is proved that, in such a setting, the black hole event horizon no longer identifies a classical (i.e., deterministic) two-dimensional surface. On the contrary, it acquires a quantum stochastic character, giving rise to a frame-dependent transition region of radial widthδ  rbetween internal and external subdomains. It is found that: (a) the radial size of the stochastic region depends parametrically on the central mass  M  of the black hole, scaling asδ  r  ∼   M  3; (b) for supermassive black holesδ  ris typically orders of magnitude larger than the Planck lengthl  P. Instead, for typical stellar-mass black holes,δ  rmay drop well belowl  P. The outcome provides new insight into the quantum properties of black holes, with implications for the physics of quantum tunneling phenomena expected to arise across stochastic event horizons.

Physical Properties of Schwarzschild–deSitter Event Horizon Induced by Stochastic Quantum Gravity