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)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1431154
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- 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
Citation Formats
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
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"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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title = {Bulk entanglement gravity without a boundary: Towards finding Einstein’s equation in Hilbert space},
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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,
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place = {United States},
year = {2018},
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.086003
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