What is the maximum rate at which entropy of a string can increase?
arXiv:0809.5236 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.79.064003
Abstract
According to Susskind, a string falling toward a black hole spreads exponentially over the stretched horizon due to repulsive interactions of the string bits. In this paper such a string is modeled as a self-avoiding walk and the string entropy is found. It is shown that the rate at which information/entropy contained in the string spreads is the maximum rate allowed by quantum theory. The maximum rate at which the black hole entropy can increase when a string falls into a black hole is also discussed.
11 pages, no figures; formulas (18), (20) are corrected (the quantum constant is added), a point concerning a relation between the Hawking and Hagedorn temperatures is corrected, conclusions unchanged; accepted by Physical Review D for publication