The Black Hole Information Paradox and the Collapse of the Wave Function

TL;DR

This paper examines the black hole information paradox, exploring how objective collapse theories and spontaneous collapse events linked to virtual black holes might offer potential resolutions to the conflict between quantum mechanics and black hole physics.

Contribution

It proposes a novel connection between spontaneous wave function collapse and microscopic virtual black holes as a possible solution to the information paradox.

Findings

Evaluates current perspectives on the paradox.

Suggests objective collapse theories could resolve information loss.

Links collapse events to virtual black holes.

Abstract

The black hole information paradox arises from an apparent conflict between the Hawking black hole radiation and the fact that time evolution in quantum mechanics is unitary. The trouble is that while the former suggests that information of a system falling into a black hole disappears, the latter implies that information must be conserved. In this work we discuss the current divergence in views regarding the paradox, we evaluate the role that objective collapse theories could play in its resolution and we propose a link between spontaneous collapse events and microscopic virtual black holes.