The information paradox and the locality bound

2004/02/29 by Steven B. Giddings, Matthew Lippert · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.69.124019

published as Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 124019 · 21 pages, harvmac; v2-3. minor corrections, references added

arxiv created 2004/03/02 · openalex publication_date 2004/06/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Hawking's argument for information loss in black hole evaporation rests on the assumption of independent Hilbert spaces for the interior and exterior of a black hole. We argue that such independence cannot be established without incorporating strong gravitational effects that undermine locality and invalidate the use of quantum field theory in a semiclassical background geometry. These considerations should also play a role in a deeper understanding of horizon complementarity.

Citations

• String Theory and Black Hole Complementarity
• S-Matrices from AdS Spacetime
• M-theory observables for cosmological space-times
• Positive vacuum energy and the N-bound
• Particle creation by black holes
• Black hole thermodynamics and information loss in two dimensions
• de Sitter Vacua in String Theory
• The Stretched Horizon and Black Hole Complementarity
• The World as a Hologram
• The Large N Limit of Superconformal Field Theories and Supergravity
• Black Hole Evaporation and Quantum Gravity
• Cosmological Breaking of Supersymmetry?

Cited by

• Locality in quantum gravity and string theory
• Observables in effective gravity
• Emergent Models for Gravity: an Overview of Microscopic Models