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 , we find that the expectation value of the number operator for a detector crossing the horizon is proportional to , implying that the free-faller will observe unbounded numbers of high energy photons, i.e. a firewall.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures