Fractionated Branes and Black Hole Interiors
Emil J. Martinec
TL;DR
This paper proposes a novel model of black hole interiors where spacetime terminates at an inner horizon, filled with a Hagedorn gas of fractionated branes, offering solutions to longstanding quantum black hole puzzles.
Contribution
It introduces a new conceptual framework combining string theory and general relativity to describe black hole interiors with fractionated branes and a Hagedorn gas.
Findings
Spacetime caps off at an inner horizon in black holes.
The inter-horizon region contains a Hagedorn gas of fractionated branes.
Provides natural resolutions to quantum black hole puzzles.
Abstract
Combining a variety of results in string theory and general relativity, a picture of the black hole interior is developed wherein spacetime caps off at an inner horizon, and the inter-horizon region is occupied by a Hagedorn gas of a very low tension state of fractionated branes. This picture leads to natural resolutions of a variety of puzzles concerning quantum black holes. Gravity Research Foundation 2015 Fourth Prize Award for Essays on Gravitation.
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