Thought Experiment to resolve the Black Hole Information Paradox

TL;DR

This paper proposes a thought experiment combining a first order transition and micro-reversible quantum processes to resolve the black hole information paradox, suggesting black hole disappearance and unitarity preservation.

Contribution

It introduces a novel combination of mechanisms involving black hole phase transition and quantum micro-processes to address the paradox.

Findings

Black holes can shrink via a first order transition, leading to their disappearance.

Micro-reversible quantum processes inside black holes can preserve unitarity.

The proposed model offers a new perspective on black hole information retention.

Abstract

We propose a combination of two mechanisms that can resolve the black hole information paradox. The first process is that the black hole shrinks by a first order transition, since we assume the entropy is discontinuous. The black hole disappears. The second type of processes conserves unitarity. We assume that within the black hole micro-reversible quantum mechanical processes take place. These are ordinary particle processes, e.g. the decay of an electron and a positron into two photons.