Resolving the black hole information paradox
Jul, 20008 pages
Published in:
- Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 15 (2000) 4877
e-Print:
- gr-qc/0007011 [gr-qc]
Report number:
- OHSTPY-HEP-T-00-015
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Abstract: (arXiv)
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.Note:
- This essay received an 'honorable mention' in the Annual Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation for the year 2000 •
- 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.)
- black hole
- information theory
- gravitation: semiclassical
- space-time
- radiation: Hawking
- string model
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