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The incompatibility between gravity and quantum coherence represented by black holes should be solved by a consistent quantum theory that contains gravity as superstring theory. Despite many encouraging results in that sense, I question here the general feeling of a na"ive resolution of the paradox. And indicate non-trivial physical possibilities towards its solution that are suggested by string theory and may be further investigated in its context.
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Amati, D. (2008). The Information Paradox. In: Gasperini, M., Maharana, J. (eds) String Theory and Fundamental Interactions. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 737. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74233-3_20
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