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The gravity dual of a density matrix
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For a state in a quantum field theory on some spacetime, we can associate a density matrix to any subset of a given spacelike slice by tracing out the remaining degrees of freedom. In the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, if the original state has a dual bulk spacetime with a good classical description, it is natural to ask how much information about the bulk spacetime is carried by the density matrix for such a subset of field theory degrees of freedom. In this note, we provide several constraints on the largest region that can be fully reconstructed, and discuss specific proposals for the geometric construction of this dual region.
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If we know the state on any spatial region, we also know it in the causal diamond associated to that region; this has been called the entanglement wedge.
“If we know the state on any spatial region, we also know it in the causal diamond associated to that region, recall figure 6. This has historically been called the 'entanglement wedge' [65, 72, 73].”
From The entropy of Hawking radiation (2021) · cites this paper as [72]
A bulk operator can be reconstructed using a given boundary region B if and only if the bulk operator is contained in the entanglement wedge of B.
“A bulk operator can be reconstructed using a given boundary region B, if, and only if, the bulk operator is contained in a region known as the entanglement wedge b of the boundary region B.”
From Entanglement wedge reconstruction and the information paradox (2020) · cites this paper as [19]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Czech, B., Karczmarek, J. L., Nogueira, F., & Van Raamsdonk, M.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- ORCID
- Czech, Bartłomiej
- Venue
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2012-07-03
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 155009
- ISSN
- 0264-9381 (ISSN-L)
- 1361-6382
- OpenAlex
- W2067737180
- Cited by
- 428
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 9.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Classical and Quantum Gravity (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Canada Research Chairs
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Keywords
- density matrix, AdS/CFT correspondence, gravity dual, bulk reconstruction, quantum information, holography, quantum field theory
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