Mechanism for nonlocal information flow from black holes

TL;DR

This paper proposes a mechanism based on de Broglie-Bohm theory where quantum nonequilibrium can nonlocally transfer information, potentially allowing information to escape from black holes without classical interactions.

Contribution

It introduces a novel nonlocal information transfer mechanism via quantum nonequilibrium in entangled states, relevant to black hole information escape.

Findings

Quantum nonequilibrium can propagate nonlocally.

Entangled states can transfer nonequilibrium without classical interaction.

Potential implications for black hole information paradox.

Abstract

We show that quantum nonequilibrium (or deviations from the Born rule) can propagate nonlocally across space. Such phenomena are allowed in the de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave formulation of quantum mechanics. We show that an entangled state can act as a channel whereby quantum nonequilibrium can be transferred nonlocally from one region to another without any classical interaction. This suggests a novel mechanism whereby information can escape from behind the classical event horizon of an evaporating black hole.