String Thermalization at a Black Hole Horizon
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
Susskind has recently shown that a relativistic string approaching the event horizon of a black hole spreads in both the transverse and longitudinal directions in the reference frame of an outside observer. The transverse spreading can be described as a branching diffusion of wee string bits. This stochastic process provides a mechanism for thermalizing the quantum state of the string as it spreads across the stretched horizon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9402125,
title = {String Thermalization at a Black Hole Horizon},
author = {A. Mezhlumian and A. Peet and L. Thorlacius},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9402125},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, latex, SU-ITP-94-4, NSF-ITP-94-17