Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2367–2368 (1993)String theory and the principle of black hole complementarityReceived 29 July 1993; published in the issue dated 11 October 1993 String theory provides an example of the kind of apparent inconsistency that the principle of black hole complementarity deals with. To a freely infalling observer a string falling through a black hole horizon appears to be a Planck size object. To an outside observer the string and all the information it carries begin to spread as the string approache the horizon. In a time of order the ‘‘information retention time’’ it fills the entire area of the horizon. © 1993 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2367
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2367
PACS:
04.60.+n, 11.17.+y, 97.60.Lf
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