Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2001-05-17
Gen.Rel.Grav. 33 (2001) 2095-2099
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
5 pages, REVTEX, This essay received Second Award in the Annual Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation for the y
Scientific paper
The holographic principle has revealed that physical systems in 3-D space, black holes included, are basically two-dimensional as far as their information content is concerned. This conclusion is complemented by one sketched here: as far as entropy or information flow is concerned, a black hole behaves as a one-dimensional channel. We define a channel in flat spacetime in thermodynamic terms, and contrast it with common entropy emitting systems. A black hole is more like the former: its entropy output is related to the emitted power as it would be for a one-dimensional channel, and disposal of an information stream down a black hole is limited by the power invested in the same way as for a one-dimensional channel.
Bekenstein Jacob D.
Mayo Avraham E.
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