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Firewall Paradox

The "Firewall Paradox" is a theoretical contradiction in black hole physics that arises when the requirement of unitary quantum evolution conflicts with the equivalence principle at the event horizon, implying the existence of a high-energy barrier—a firewall—that would destroy infalling observers, thereby challenging the consistency of quantum mechanics and general relativity in black hole evaporation.

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2017–2026

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Amps Firewall Paradox

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Publications

62

Black holes and the butterfly effect

Stephen H. Shenker, Douglas Stanford · Journal of High Energy Physics · 2014 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Cool horizons for entangled black holes

Fortschritte der Physik · 2013 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Entanglement as Topology: Hopf Linking as the Geometric Origin of Quantum Correlation

Open MIND · 2026 · 874 citations

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Jerusalem lectures on black holes and quantum information

Daniel Harlow · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2016 · 481 citations · Full text

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Gauge-Gravity Duality and the Black Hole Interior

Donald Marolf, Joseph Polchinski · Physical Review Letters · 2013 · 264 citations · Full text

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Authors

72

  1. LS
    Leonard Susskind

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 316 citations

    5

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  2. DY
    Dong-han Yeom

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    4 publications · 223 citations

    4

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  3. DH
    Daniel Harlow

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 535 citations

    3

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  4. PC
    Pisin Chen

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    3 publications · 118 citations

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  5. SD
    Samir D. Mathur

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 129 citations

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Institutions

54

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    4K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    388 citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    135 citations

  5. Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

    Menlo Park, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    194 citations

  6. Perimeter Institute

    Waterloo, Canada

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    133 citations

  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    314 citations

  8. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    147 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 14 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 12 publications · 401 citations

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  3. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

    PRD · 7 publications · 192 citations

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  5. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

    JCAP · 3 publications · 116 citations

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