Holography and Entanglement in Flat Spacetime

Journal Article · Fri Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.106.141301· OSTI ID:21550274

Wei, Li; Takayanagi, Tadashi ^[1]

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1. Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582 (Japan)

We propose a holographic correspondence of the flat spacetime based on the behavior of the entanglement entropy and the correlation functions. The holographic dual theory turns out to be highly nonlocal. We argue that after most part of the space is traced out, the reduced density matrix gives the maximal entropy and the correlation functions become trivial. We present a toy model for this holographic dual using a nonlocal scalar field theory that reproduces the same property of the entanglement entropy. Our conjecture is consistent with the entropy of Schwarzschild black holes in asymptotically flat spacetimes.

• OSTI ID: 21550274
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 14; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.141301; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SCALAR FIELDS
SPACE-TIME
FUNCTIONS
MATRICES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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