String condensation: Nemesis of Black Holes?

TL;DR

This paper proposes that string condensation prevents black hole formation in M theory, replacing black holes with hot holograms, potentially resolving black hole evaporation issues and aligning with quantum information theory.

Contribution

It introduces a novel mechanism based on string condensation that prevents black hole formation, challenging traditional views and suggesting a new paradigm in quantum gravity.

Findings

Black holes may be replaced by hot holograms during collapse.

String condensation could serve as a universal gravity regulation mechanism.

This approach offers a potential resolution to black hole information paradox.

Abstract

This paper puts forward a conjecture that there are no black holes in M theory. We will show that a mechanism to prevent black hole formation is needed in 4 dimensions to make string theory a viable high energy model of quantum gravity. Black hole formation may be averted by a gravity regulation mechanism based on string condensation. In this scenario, black holes are replaced by `hot holograms' that form during gravitational collapse. The geometric conditions based on the properties of free thermalon solutions that are proposed for conversion to a high temperature hologram to occur, however, are local and generic in dimension and could apply throughout M space. This idea can be applied to resolve the problems presented by the process of black hole evaporation, which appears to be inconsistent with quantum information theory. Whereas, in the conventional view, black holes are real and firewalls are probably a chimera, in the scenario proposed here that situation would be reversed.