Why firewalls need not exist

The firewall paradox for black holes is often viewed as indicating a conflict between unitarity and the equivalence principle. We elucidate how the paradox manifests as a limitation of semiclassical theory, rather than presents a conflict between fundamental principles. Two principal features of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yasunori Nomura, Nico Salzetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269316304233