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Black holes and academic walls (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:33
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100 years ago, Einstein put forth his General Theory of Relativity, and 99 years ago, Karl Schwarzschild came up with the mathematical solution describing a black hole, a solution we now know is not only physically valid, but one that has many examples all across the Universe.

Image credit: NASA / Dana Berry / Skyworks Digital.

Image credit: NASA / Dana Berry / Skyworks Digital.

Yet when you consider quantum physics, the matter gets complicated: while you ought to be able to run the laws of physics the same forwards and backwards, a black hole seems to wind up in an irreversibly different state, in the end, from what you started with. That’s the root of the black hole information paradox.

Image credit: Nature, via http://www.nature.com/news/astrophysics-fire-in-the-hole-1.12726.

Image credit: Nature, via http://www.nature.com/news/astrophysics-fire-in-the-hole-1.12726.

So what’s the solution? Sabine Hossenfelder has the scoop on all the latest research on the topic.



Source: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2015/09/16/black-holes-and-academic-walls-synopsis/

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