Quantum fluctuating geometries and the information paradox

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA8E30zbMATH Open1381.83032arXiv1705.05722OpenAlexW3106210894WikidataQ57394140 ScholiaQ57394140MaRDI QIDQ4601023FDOQ4601023

Authors: Rodrigo Eyheralde, Miguel Campiglia, Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin 

Publication date: 18 January 2018

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study Hawking radiation on the quantum space-time of a collapsing null shell. We use the geometric optics approximation as in Hawking's original papers to treat the radiation. The quantum space-time is constructed by superposing the classical geometries associated with collapsing shells with uncertainty in their position and mass. We show that there are departures from thermality in the radiation even though we are not considering back reaction. One recovers the usual profile for the Hawking radiation as a function of frequency in the limit where the space-time is classical. However, when quantum corrections are taken into account, the profile of the Hawking radiation as a function of time contains information about the initial state of the collapsing shell. More work will be needed to determine if all the information can be recovered. The calculations show that non-trivial quantum effects can occur in regions of low curvature when horizons are involved, as for instance advocated in the firewall scenario.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.05722

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum geometryinformation paradoxcollapsing shells

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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