Abstract
Hawking’s argument for information loss in black hole evaporation rests on the assumption of independent Hilbert spaces for the interior and exterior of a black hole. We argue that such independence cannot be established without incorporating strong gravitational effects that undermine locality and invalidate the use of quantum field theory in a semiclassical background geometry. These considerations should also play a role in a deeper understanding of horizon complementarity.
- Received 26 February 2004
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.124019
©2004 American Physical Society
