A proposal to resolve the black hole information paradox

TL;DR

This paper proposes that nonlocal effects in nonperturbative string theory, occurring at macroscopic scales, can resolve the black hole information paradox by addressing entropy and information puzzles.

Contribution

It introduces concrete nonlocal effects in string theory that operate at macroscopic distances, offering a potential resolution to black hole information paradoxes.

Findings

Nonlocal effects arise in bound states of many branes.

These effects occur at the scale necessary to resolve paradoxes.

The approach provides a new perspective on quantum gravity and black hole information.

Abstract

The entropy and information puzzles arising from black holes cannot be resolved if quantum gravity effects remain confined to a microscopic scale. We use concrete computations in nonperturbative string theory to argue for three kinds of nonlocal effects that operate over macroscopic distances. These effects arise when we make a bound state of a large number of branes, and occur at the correct scale to resolve the paradoxes associated with black holes.