Passing through the Firewall

TL;DR

This paper proposes a model where black hole information is stored in non-local correlations, and demonstrates that the firewall paradox can be resolved through a universal unitary transformation, with potential realization in AdS/CFT.

Contribution

It introduces a qubit-based model encoding black hole information in non-local correlations and shows how to remove the firewall via a state-independent unitary transformation.

Findings

Firewall can be removed by a universal unitary transformation.

Black hole information encoded in non-local correlations.

Potential realization in AdS/CFT framework.

Abstract

We propose that black hole information is encoded in non-local correlations between microscopic interior and exterior degrees of freedom. We give a simple qubit representation of this proposal, and show herein that for every black hole state, the apparent firewall can be removed via a universal, state independent unitary transformation. A central element in our discussion is the distinction between virtual qubits, which are in a specified vacuum state, and real qubits, that carry the free quantum information of the black hole. We outline how our proposal may be realized in AdS/CFT