Black holes are one-dimensional

TL;DR

This paper proposes that black holes function as one-dimensional information channels, with their entropy and information flow characteristics resembling those of a one-dimensional thermodynamic channel, based on holographic principles.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective that black holes behave as one-dimensional channels in terms of entropy and information flow, supported by thermodynamic definitions and comparisons.

Findings

Black holes' entropy output relates to emitted power as in a one-dimensional channel.

Black hole information disposal is limited by power, similar to a one-dimensional channel.

Black holes behave as one-dimensional information channels in thermodynamic terms.

Abstract

The holographic principle has revealed that physical systems in 3-D space, black holes included, are basically two-dimensional as far as their information content is concerned. This conclusion is complemented by one sketched here: as far as entropy or information flow is concerned, a black hole behaves as a one-dimensional channel. We define a channel in flat spacetime in thermodynamic terms, and contrast it with common entropy emitting systems. A black hole is more like the former: its entropy output is related to the emitted power as it would be for a one-dimensional channel, and disposal of an information stream down a black hole is limited by the power invested in the same way as for a one-dimensional channel.