Black holes and soft hair: why Stephen Hawking's final work is important

Malcolm Perry, who worked with Hawking on his final paper, explains how it improves our understanding of one of universe ’s enduring mysteriesStephen Hawking ’s final scientific paper releasedThe information paradox is perhaps the most puzzling problem in fundamental theoretical physics today. It was discovered by Stephen Hawking 43 years ago, and until recently has puzzled many.Starting in 2015, Stephen, Andrew Strominger and I started to wonder if we could understand a way out of this difficulty by questioning the basic assumptions that underlie the difficulties. We published our first paper on the subject in 2016 and have been working hard on this problem ever since.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 10, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Malcolm Perry Tags: Stephen Hawking Black holes Astronomy Science Space Source Type: news