Information loss in black holes and the unitarity of quantum mechanics

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Cozzella, Gabriel [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: eng
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Quantum field theory in curved space-times; Black holes; Information loss paradox; Teoria quântica de campos em espaços-tempos curvos; Buracos negros; Paradoxo da perda de informação
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143416

The quantum theory of fields in curved space-times is the most solid framework for studying the interplay between gravity and quantum mechanics in the absence of a complete theory of quantum gravity. In this scenario, one problem that has drawn much attention from the theoretical physics community in the last decades is the so-called “black hole information loss paradox”, where the evolution from an initial pure quantum state to a final mixed quantum state would constitute a violation of the laws of quantum mechanics. In this dissertation we argue that information loss does not violate quantum mechanics, being simply a consequence of the semi-classical framework adopted and that the question of information recovery needs to be addressed by a yet unknown theory of quantum gravity.