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Soft Hair on Black Holes

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2016

Stephen William Hawking2016

Science / Physics

With Malcolm Perry and Andrew Strominger, proposes that soft quantum degrees of freedom on horizons may carry information about black holes.

Malcolm Perry2016

Science / Physics

With Stephen Hawking and Andrew Strominger, develops the proposal that black hole horizons can carry soft quantum hair.

Names involved

Malcolm PerryStephen William Hawking

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