Spacetime topology change and black hole information

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.11.016MaRDI QIDQ712912zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stephen D. H. Hsu

Publication date 18 October 2012

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0608175

zbMATH Keywords

information loss paradoxtopology change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Black holes (83C57) Information theory (general) (94A15)

Abstract: Topology change -- the creation of a disconnected baby universe -- due to black hole collapse may resolve the information loss paradox. Evolution from an early time Cauchy surface to a final surface which includes a slice of the disconnected region can be unitary and consistent with conventional quantum mechanics. We discuss the issue of cluster decomposition, showing that any violations thereof are likely to be unobservably small. Topology change is similar to the black hole remnant scenario and only requires assumptions about the behavior of quantum gravity in planckian regimes. It does not require non-locality or any modification of low-energy physics.

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