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gr-qc2015
Singularities, horizons, firewalls, and local conformal symmetry
Gerard 't Hooft
The Einstein-Hilbert theory of gravity can be rephrased by focusing on local conformal symmetry as an exact, but spontaneously broken symmetry of nature. The conformal component of…
gr-qc2015★ 29 cited
Diagonalizing the Black Hole Information Retrieval Process
Gerard t Hooft
The mechanism by which black holes return the absorbed information to the outside world is reconsidered, and described in terms of a set of mutually non-interacting modes. Our mech…
hep-th2015★ 8 cited
The Evolution of Quantum Field Theory, From QED to Grand Unification
Gerard 't Hooft
In the early 1970s, after a slow start, and lots of hurdles, Quantum Field Theory emerged as the superior doctrine for understanding the interactions between relativistic sub-atomi…