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Black Hole Field Theory with a Firewall in two spacetime dimensions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-10-13 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose that the vacuum state of a scalar field around a black hole is a modified Unruh vacuum. In (1+1) dimensions, we show that a free-faller close to such an horizon can be modelled as an inertial observer in a modified Minkowski vacuum. The modification allows for information-leaking correlations at high frequencies. Using a Gaussian detector centred at k0k_0, we find that the expectation value of the number operator for a detector crossing the horizon is proportional to 1/k01/|k_0|, implying that the free-faller will observe unbounded numbers of high energy photons, i.e. a firewall.

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@article{arxiv.1602.08366,
  title  = {Black Hole Field Theory with a Firewall in two spacetime dimensions},
  author = {C. T. Marco Ho and Daiqin Su and Robert B. Mann and Timothy C. Ralph},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08366},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures

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