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arXiv:1809.10154 · SciPost Physics

A Toy Model of the Information Paradox in Empty Space

Suvrat Raju

Published Jun 24, 2019• 23 citations
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Abstract

A sharp version of the information paradox involves a seeming violation of the monogamy of entanglement during black hole evaporation. We construct an analogous paradox in empty anti-de Sitter space. In a local quantum field theory, Bell correlations between operators localized in mutually spacelike regions are monogamous. We show, through a controlled calculation, that this property can be violated by an order-1 factor in a theory of gravity. This example demonstrates that what appears to be a violation of the monogamy of entanglement may just be a subtle violation of locality in quantum gravity.

DOI
10.21468/scipostphys.6.6.073

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