The Stretched Horizon and Black Hole Complementarity

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1993-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9306069v2

Phys.Rev.D48:3743-3761,1993

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

(some misprints in equations have been fixed), 48 pages (including figures), SU-ITP-93-15

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.48.3743

Three postulates asserting the validity of conventional quantum theory, semi-classical general relativity and the statistical basis for thermodynamics are introduced as a foundation for the study of black hole evolution. We explain how these postulates may be implemented in a ``stretched horizon'' or membrane description of the black hole, appropriate to a distant observer. The technical analysis is illustrated in the simplified context of 1+1 dimensional dilaton gravity. Our postulates imply that the dissipative properties of the stretched horizon arise from a course graining of microphysical degrees of freedom that the horizon must possess. A principle of black hole complementarity is advocated. The overall viewpoint is similar to that pioneered by 't~Hooft but the detailed implementation is different.

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