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Quantum fluctuating CGHS geometries and the information paradox

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-07-01 v2

Abstract

We study Hawking radiation on the quantum spacetime generated by a quantum ingoing null shell in the 2d theory proposed by Callan-Giddings-Harvey-Strominger (CGHS). The quantum spacetime is a superposition of classical geometries with uncertainty in position and momentum of the collapsing shell. The Hawking radiation spectrum is computed, revealing a non-thermal behavior for finite time as well as a dependence on the shell's physical degrees of freedom. Hawking radiation's dependence on the collapsing shell becomes irrelevant in the late time approximation as we reach i+i^+ since the radiation's temperature depends exclusively on the cosmological constant. However, we argue that the information of the quantum state of a collapsing shell can be read from the Hawking radiation if we perform measurements at IR+\mathcal{I_R^+} taking into account backreaction effects.

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@article{arxiv.1806.07796,
  title  = {Quantum fluctuating CGHS geometries and the information paradox},
  author = {Rodrigo Eyheralde and Rodolfo Gambini and Aureliano Skirzewski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.07796},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Replacement of the preliminary version of the article, added 2 figures, added discussions, 13 pages