Black holes without firewalls
arXiv:1211.4620 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.104018
Abstract
The postulates of black hole complementarity do not imply a firewall for infalling observers at a black hole horizon. The dynamics of the stretched horizon, that scrambles and re-emits information, determines whether infalling observers experience anything out of the ordinary when entering a large black hole. In particular, there is no firewall if the stretched horizon degrees of freedom retain information for a time of order the black hole scrambling time.
17 pages, 4 figures (minor changes)
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