Trouble For Remnants

TL;DR

This paper argues that black hole remnants, which are supposed to store information, are inconsistent because their existence would lead to the renormalized Newton constant becoming zero, challenging their viability.

Contribution

It introduces a novel argument against black hole remnants based on their effect on the renormalized Newton constant, independent of pair production divergence issues.

Findings

Remnants would drive the Newton constant to zero

The argument is distinct from pair production divergence concerns

Supports the view that remnants are inconsistent with quantum gravity

Abstract

An argument is presented for the inconsistency of black hole remnants which store the information which falls into black holes. Unlike previous arguments it is not concerned with a possible divergence in the rate of pair production. It is argued that the existence of remnants in the thermal atmosphere of Rindler space will drive the renormalized Newton constant to zero.