Complete Semiclassical Treatment of the Quantum Black Hole Problem

TL;DR

This paper unifies two semiclassical methods to analyze quantum black holes, confirming they behave like p-brane excitations and resolving the information loss paradox.

Contribution

It systematically links WKB and mean field approaches, reinforcing the view that quantum black holes are p-brane excitations and addressing the information paradox.

Findings

Quantum black holes are effectively p-brane excitations.

No information loss paradox exists in this framework.

The paper links two semiclassical methods to support previous results.

Abstract

Two types of semiclassical calculations have been used to study quantum effects in black hole backgrounds, the WKB and the mean field approaches. In this work we systematically reconstruct the logical implications of both methods on quantum black hole physics and provide the link between these two approaches. Our conclusions completely support our previous findings based solely on the WKB method: quantum black holes are effectively p-brane excitations and, consequently, no information loss paradox exists in this problem.