Stephen Hawking / verified
Question Originator
Preserved in Cathedral as the historical originator of this unresolved question.
Theoretical physicist who derived black-hole particle emission and made the information problem unavoidable.
Ghost node / Historical question
How is information preserved in a complete quantum description of black-hole evaporation?
The tension between semiclassical evaporation and unitary quantum evolution remains unresolved at the level of a complete, experimentally grounded theory.
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Where the question came from
- First recorded
- 1976
- Originator
- Stephen Hawking
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- Cathedral record
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- Unassigned
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