String Thermalization at a Black Hole Horizon

Abstract

Susskind has recently shown that a relativistic string approaching the event horizon of a black hole spreads in both the transverse and longitudinal 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.

14 pages, latex, SU-ITP-94-4, NSF-ITP-94-17

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