A firewall is a proposed solution to the black hole information paradox that resolves an apparent issue with black hole complementarity. The firewall hypothesis predicts a "wall" of energy at the event horizon that will engulf an in-falling observer.
A firewall is a proposed solution to the black hole information paradox that resolves an apparent issue with black hole complementarity. The firewall hypothesis predicts a "wall" of energy at the event horizon that will engulf an in-falling observer.
External Resources
The original paper by Almheiri, et al proposing the existence of firewalls is available on the ArXiv.
