Wednesday, May 29, 2013

1305.6343 (Borun D. Chowdhury)

Black holes vs. firewalls and thermo-field dynamics    [PDF]

Borun D. Chowdhury
In this essay, we examine the implications of the ongoing black holes vs. firewalls debate for the thermo-field dynamics of black holes by analyzing a CFT in a thermal state in the context of AdS/CFT. We argue that the themo-field doubled copy of the thermal CFT should be thought of not as a fictitious system, but as the image of the CFT in the heat-bath. In case of strong coupling between the CFT and the heat-bath this image allows for free infall through the horizon and the system is described by a black hole. Conversely, firewalls are the appropriate dual description in case of weak interaction of the CFT with its heat bath.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6343

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