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Phys. Rev. D 49, 6606–6611 (1994)

Strings, black holes, and Lorentz contraction

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Leonard Susskind*
Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Received 14 February 1994; published in the issue dated 15 June 1994

Consistency of quantum mechanics in black hole physics requires unusual Lorentz transformation properties of the size and shape of physical systems with momentum beyond the Planck scale. A simple parton model illustrates the kind of behavior which is needed. It is then shown that conventional fundamental string theory shares these features.

© 1994 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.49.6606
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.49.6606
PACS:
04.70.Dy, 11.25.Mj

*Electronic address: susskind@dormouse.stanford.edu