PIRSA:17110088

Rescuing Quantum Mechanics with Soft Gravitational Structure: Postulates to Observational Prospects

Giddings, S. (2017). Rescuing Quantum Mechanics with Soft Gravitational Structure: Postulates to Observational Prospects. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/17110088

Giddings, Steve. Rescuing Quantum Mechanics with Soft Gravitational Structure: Postulates to Observational Prospects. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 09, 2017, https://pirsa.org/17110088 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:17110088,
            doi = {10.48660/17110088},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/17110088},
            author = {Giddings, Steve},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Rescuing Quantum Mechanics with Soft Gravitational Structure: Postulates to Observational Prospects},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2017},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:17110088 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Steve Giddings University of California, Santa Barbara

Talk numberPIRSA:17110088
DOI10.48660/17110088
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Talk Type Conference
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Abstract

Postulates are given for a quantum-gravitational description of black holes, that include correspondence with a quantum field theory description for freely falling observers crossing the horizon. These lead to “soft gravitational structure,” which can transfer information to outgoing radiation either with or without large metric perturbations. Prospects for observing such departures from the standard field-theoretic description of black holes will be briefly discussed.