Thursday, July 22, 2004

Hawking's riddle solved

Hawking's riddle solved

For thirty years, Stephen Hawking has held to the belief that all information about a subatomic particle's quantum states is lost when it passes the event horizon of a black hole. This contradicts standard quantum theory, which holds that such information cannot be totally lost. He believes he has now solved this riddle, which has vexed him since 1974. A detailed paper on the subject is expected next month.

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