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Title: Quantum Penrose Inequality

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

The classical Penrose inequality specifies a lower bound on the total mass in terms of the area of certain trapped surfaces. This fails at the semiclassical level. We conjecture a quantum Penrose inequality: the mass at spatial infinity is lower bounded by a function of the generalized entropy of the light sheet of appropriate quantum trapped surfaces. This is the first relation between quantum information in quantum gravity, and the total energy.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); European Research Council (ERC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0019380; AC02-05CH11231; PHY-1820912; GravBHs-692951
OSTI ID:
1577921
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1737590
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Vol. 123 Journal Issue: 24; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 8 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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