The Black Hole Information Paradox: A Resolution on the Horizon?
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Netta Engelhardt
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The black hole information paradox — whether information escapes an evaporating black hole or not — remains one of the most longstanding mysteries of theoretical physics. The apparent conflict between validity of semiclassical gravity at low energies and unitarity of quantum mechanics has long been expected to find its resolution in a complete quantum theory of gravity. Recent developments in the holographic dictionary, and in particular its application to entanglement and complexity, however, have shown that a semiclassical analysis of gravitational physics can reproduce a hallmark feature of unitary evolution. I will describe this recent progress and discuss some promising indications of a full resolution of the information paradox.
Netta will be in the Higgs Centre in person.
The Black Hole Information Paradox: A Resolution on the Horizon?
Venue
School of Physics and Astronomy
James Clerk Maxwell Building, 4305
Peter Guthrie Tait Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3FD
UK
Online
Passcode: higgs_20
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