Resolving the black hole information paradox
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2016-12-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The recent progress in string theory strongly suggests that formation and evaporation of black holes is a unitary process. This fact makes it imperative that we find a flaw in the semiclassical reasoning that implies a loss of information. We propose a new criterion that limits the domain of classical gravity: the hypersurfaces of a foliation cannot be stretched too much. This conjectured criterion may have important consequences for the early Universe.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0007011,
title = {Resolving the black hole information paradox},
author = {Samir D. Mathur},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0007011},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
harvmac, 11 pages (1 figure) (This essay received an ``honorable mention'' in the Annual Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation for the year 2000.)