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Locking information in black holes.

John A Smolin1, Jonathan Oppenheim

  • 1IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA. smolin@watson.ibm.com

Physical Review Letters
|April 12, 2006
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A key assumption in the black-hole information loss debate is wrong. Information does not need to be trapped until the end of black hole evaporation, thanks to quantum locking principles.

Area of Science:

  • Quantum Information Theory
  • Black Hole Physics
  • General Relativity

Background:

  • The black-hole information loss paradox questions whether information is truly lost when matter falls into a black hole.
  • A central assumption posits that information must remain trapped until the black hole's final evaporation stage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the central presumption in the black-hole information loss debate.
  • To demonstrate that information need not be conserved until the final stage of black hole evaporation.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing the quantum information-theoretic concept of 'locking'.
  • Analyzing the implications of information locking for black hole evaporation.

Main Results:

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  • The amount of information that must be retained can be very small, even if most of the black hole has already evaporated.
  • Information is not necessarily additive; a small system can render a large amount of information inaccessible.
  • Information leakage only occurs if the set of initial states is restricted.

    • Conclusions:

    • The traditional understanding of information conservation during black hole evaporation requires revision.
    • Quantum information principles, specifically locking, offer a new perspective on resolving the information loss paradox.
    • The non-additive nature of information is crucial for understanding information preservation in quantum gravitational systems.