Spacetime topology change and black hole information
arXiv:hep-th/0608175 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.11.016
Abstract
Topology change -- the creation of a disconnected baby universe -- due to black hole collapse may resolve the information loss paradox. Evolution from an early time Cauchy surface to a final surface which includes a slice of the disconnected region can be unitary and consistent with conventional quantum mechanics. We discuss the issue of cluster decomposition, showing that any violations thereof are likely to be unobservably small. Topology change is similar to the black hole remnant scenario and only requires assumptions about the behavior of quantum gravity in planckian regimes. It does not require non-locality or any modification of low-energy physics.
5 pages, 5 figures, revtex. Added references to v2. v3 is published version, to appear in Physics Letters B
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