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The black hole final state

Gary T. Horowitz1 and Juan Maldacena2

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We propose that in quantum gravity one needs to impose a final state boundary condition at black hole singularities. This resolves the apparent contradiction between string theory and semiclassical arguments over whether black hole evaporation is unitary.


Keywords

Black Holes

AdS-CFT and dS-CFT Correspondence

Black Holes in String Theory

 

E-print Number: hep-th/0310281

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PACS

04.70.Dy Quantum aspects of black holes, evaporation, thermodynamics

04.60.Ds Canonical quantization

11.25.Hf Conformal field theory, algebraic structures

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 02 (February 2004)

Received 11 December 2003, accepted for publication 3 February 2004

Published 19 February 2004



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