Virtual Black Holes and Space–Time Structure
Jan 30, 201816 pages
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- Found.Phys. 48 (2018) 10, 1134-1149
- Published: Jan 30, 2018
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In the standard formalism of quantum gravity, black holes appear to form statistical distributions of quantum states. Now, however, we can present a theory that yields pure quantum states. It shows how particles entering a black hole can generate firewalls, which however can be removed, replacing them by the ‘footprints’ they produce in the out-going particles. This procedure can preserve the quantum information stored inside and around the black hole. We then focus on a subtle but unavoidable modification of the topology of the Schwarzschild metric: antipodal identification of points on the horizon. If it is true that vacuum fluctuations include virtual black holes, then the structure of space-time is radically different from what is usually thought.- Microstates
- Black hole unitarity
- Firewalls
- Gravitational backreaction
- Antipodal identification
- Virtual black holes
- Vacuole
- metric: Schwarzschild
- fluctuation: vacuum
- black hole
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