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  "abstract": "Complex-time singularities of thermal correlators carry imprints of black hole interiors. We investigate their microscopic origin in matrix quantum mechanics at high temperature, where the dynamics becomes semi-classical. We introduce a complex-time scattering kernel that encodes these singularities and makes their finite-$N$ resolution accessible to numerics. Studying both integrable and chaotic models, we find evidence for a smoothing scale $Δt\\sim N^{-1/2}$, suggesting that the resolution is due to quantum fluctuations of D-branes. This scattering picture provides a starting point for probing the black hole interior beyond a classical geometric description.",
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      "name": "Henry W. Lin"
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      "name": "Haitian Xie"
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  "title": "Matrix scattering and the black hole interior",
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