The black hole information problem asks how quantum information is preserved when matter falls into a black hole that can eventually evaporate through Hawking radiation.
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Quantum fields near a black-hole horizon can produce Hawking radiation while partners and outgoing modes become entangled.
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The issue is theoretical because astrophysical Hawking evaporation has not been directly observed.
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