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Title: Bulk entanglement gravity without a boundary: Towards finding Einstein’s equation in Hilbert space

Abstract

We consider the emergence from quantum entanglement of spacetime geometry in a bulk region. For certain classes of quantum states in an appropriately factorized Hilbert space, a spatial geometry can be defined by associating areas along codimension-one surfaces with the entanglement entropy between either side. We show how radon transforms can be used to convert these data into a spatial metric. Under a particular set of assumptions, the time evolution of such a state traces out a four-dimensional spacetime geometry, and we argue using a modified version of Jacobson’s “entanglement equilibrium” that the geometry should obey Einstein’s equation in the weak-field limit. Here, we also discuss how entanglement equilibrium is related to a generalization of the Ryu-Takayanagi formula in more general settings, and how quantum error correction can help specify the emergence map between the full quantum-gravity Hilbert space and the semiclassical limit of quantum fields propagating on a classical spacetime.

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California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1431154
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OSTI ID: 1501451
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0011632
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Volume: 97 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

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Cao, ChunJun, and Carroll, Sean M. Bulk entanglement gravity without a boundary: Towards finding Einstein’s equation in Hilbert space. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.086003.
Cao, ChunJun, & Carroll, Sean M. Bulk entanglement gravity without a boundary: Towards finding Einstein’s equation in Hilbert space. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.086003
Cao, ChunJun, and Carroll, Sean M. Tue . "Bulk entanglement gravity without a boundary: Towards finding Einstein’s equation in Hilbert space". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.086003.
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abstractNote = {We consider the emergence from quantum entanglement of spacetime geometry in a bulk region. For certain classes of quantum states in an appropriately factorized Hilbert space, a spatial geometry can be defined by associating areas along codimension-one surfaces with the entanglement entropy between either side. We show how radon transforms can be used to convert these data into a spatial metric. Under a particular set of assumptions, the time evolution of such a state traces out a four-dimensional spacetime geometry, and we argue using a modified version of Jacobson’s “entanglement equilibrium” that the geometry should obey Einstein’s equation in the weak-field limit. Here, we also discuss how entanglement equilibrium is related to a generalization of the Ryu-Takayanagi formula in more general settings, and how quantum error correction can help specify the emergence map between the full quantum-gravity Hilbert space and the semiclassical limit of quantum fields propagating on a classical spacetime.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.086003},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 8,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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