2006/07/24 by Ahn, Doyeol
#FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0607170
The black hole information paradox is the result of contradiction between Hawking's semi-classical argument, which dictates that the quantum coherence should be lost during the black hole evaporation and the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, the evolution of pure states to pure states. For over three decades, this contradiction has been one of the major obstacles to the ultimate unification of quantum mechanics and general relativity. Recently, a final-state boundary condition inside the black hole was proposed to resolve this contradiction for bosons. However, no such a remedy exists for fermions yet even though Hawking effect for fermions has been studied for sometime. Here, I report that the black hole information paradox can be resolved for the fermions by imposing a final state boundary condition, which resembles local measurement with post selection. In this scenario, the evaporation can be seen as the post selection determined by random unitary transformation. It is also found that the evaporation processes strongly depends on the boundary condition at the event horizon. This approach may pave the way towards the unified theory for the resolution of information paradox and beyond.