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The gravity dual of Rényi entropy

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12472· OSTI ID:1358548
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  1. Inst. for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States). School of Natural Sciences; Princeton University
A remarkable yet mysterious property of black holes is that their entropy is proportional to the horizon area. This area law inspired the holographic principle, which was later realized concretely in gauge-gravity duality. In this context, entanglement entropy is given by the area of a minimal surface in a dual spacetime. However, discussions of area laws have been constrained to entanglement entropy, whereas a full understanding of a quantum state requires Re´nyi entropies. Here we show that all Rényi entropies satisfy a similar area law in holographic theories and are given by the areas of dual cosmic branes. This geometric prescription is a one-parameter generalization of the minimal surface prescription for entanglement entropy. Applying this we provide the first holographic calculation of mutual Re´nyi information between two disks of arbitrary dimension. Our results provide a framework for efficiently studying Re´nyi entropies and understanding entanglement structures in strongly coupled systems and quantum gravity.
Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0009988
OSTI ID:
1358548
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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