AMPS firewall paradox

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The AMPS firewall paradox is a theoretical puzzle in black hole physics proposing that an energetic "firewall" at the event horizon may be required to preserve quantum unitarity, challenging the traditional view that crossing the horizon is physically uneventful.

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firewall paradox 1

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instanceOf black hole information paradox variant ⓘ
paradox in theoretical physics ⓘ
acronymFor Almheiri–Marolf–Polchinski–Sully firewall paradox ⓘ
aimsToPreserve quantum unitarity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs black hole firewall paradox ⓘ
appliesTo old black holes past the Page time ⓘ
assumptionTested black hole complementarity ⓘ
local quantum field theory near the horizon ⓘ
smoothness of the event horizon ⓘ
unitary evaporation of black holes ⓘ
challenges the traditional view that crossing the event horizon is physically uneventful ⓘ
coreClaim an energetic firewall may exist at or near the event horizon of an old black hole ⓘ
the assumptions of unitarity, local quantum field theory, and a smooth horizon are mutually inconsistent for old black holes ⓘ
field black hole physics ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
quantum gravity ⓘ
quantum information theory ⓘ
hasNo direct experimental confirmation as of 2024 ⓘ
implies breakdown of the equivalence principle at the event horizon if unitarity is preserved ⓘ
violation of local effective field theory near the horizon unless a firewall forms ⓘ
influencedWorkOn ER=EPR conjecture ⓘ
holographic entanglement entropy ⓘ
island formula for black hole entropy ⓘ
motivatedDebateIn foundations of quantum mechanics ⓘ
quantum gravity community ⓘ
string theory community ⓘ
namedAfter Almheiri ⓘ
Marolf ⓘ
Polchinski ⓘ
Sully ⓘ
proposedBy Ahmed Almheiri ⓘ
Donald Marolf ⓘ
James Sully ⓘ
Joseph Polchinski ⓘ
proposedYear 2012 ⓘ
relatedToConcept Hawking radiation ⓘ
black hole information paradox ⓘ
complementarity ⓘ
entanglement monogamy ⓘ
equivalence principle ⓘ
event horizon ⓘ
no-drama condition ⓘ
quantum unitarity ⓘ
status unresolved theoretical puzzle ⓘ
usesConcept Page time ⓘ
entanglement between early and late Hawking radiation ⓘ
monogamy of entanglement ⓘ

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information loss paradox → relatedTo → AMPS firewall paradox ⓘ
firewall hypothesis → alsoKnownAs → firewall paradox ⓘ
linked to: AMPS firewall paradox