Generalized Uncertainty Principle: Implications for Black Hole Complementarity

Understand

At the heart of the black hole information loss paradox and the firewall controversy lies the conflict between quantum mechanics and general relativity.

• Much has been said about quantum corrections to general relativity, but much less in the opposite direction.
• It is therefore crucial to examine possible corrections to quantum mechanics due to gravity.
• Indeed, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is one profound feature of quantum mechanics, which nevertheless may receive correction when gravitational effects become important.