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String thermalization at a black hole horizon

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: Susskind has recently shown that a relativistic string approaching the event horizon of a black hole spreads in both the transverse and logitudinal directions in the reference frame of an outside observer. The transverse spreading can be described as a branching diffusion of wee string bits. This stochastic process provides a mechanism for thermalizing the quantum state of the string as it spreads across the stretched horizon.

Source: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.50.2725

Authors: Arthur Mezhlumian, Amanda Peet, Lárus Thorlacius

Institution: Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1985652344

FWCI: 1.41

Cites: 15

Cited by: 24

Related to: 10