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Fractionated Branes and Black Hole Interiors

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-12-09 v1

Abstract

Combining a variety of results in string theory and general relativity, a picture of the black hole interior is developed wherein spacetime caps off at an inner horizon, and the inter-horizon region is occupied by a Hagedorn gas of a very low tension state of fractionated branes. This picture leads to natural resolutions of a variety of puzzles concerning quantum black holes. Gravity Research Foundation 2015 Fourth Prize Award for Essays on Gravitation.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05239,
  title  = {Fractionated Branes and Black Hole Interiors},
  author = {Emil J. Martinec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05239},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures

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