Nature abhors a horizon

DOI10.1142/S0218271815430038zbMATH Open1329.83115arXiv1505.05078OpenAlexW2139610974MaRDI QIDQ3464435FDOQ3464435

Authors: Per Kraus, Samir D. Mathur 

Publication date: 27 January 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The information paradox can be resolved if we recognize that the wavefunctional in gravity $Psi[g]$ should be considered on the {it whole} of superspace, the space of possible $g$. The largeness of the Bekenstein entropy implies a vast space of gravitational solutions, which are conjectured to be fuzzball configurations. In the WKB approximation, the wavefunctional for a collapsing shell is oscillatory in a small region of superspace, and the classical approximation picks out this part. But the wavefunctional will be damped (`under the barrier') in the remainder of this vast superspace. We perform a simple computation to show that at the threshold of black hole formation, the barrier is lowered enough to make the latter part oscillatory; this alters the classical evolution and avoids horizon formation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.05078

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zbMATH Keywords

string theoryblack holes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Black holes (83C57) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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