arXiv:1912.00909 · Journal of High Energy Physics

A quantum circuit interpretation of evaporating black hole geometry

Ying Zhao

Published Jul 1, 2020• 15 citations

Abstract

Abstract We give a quantum circuit interpretation of evaporating black hole geometry. We make an analogy between the appearance of island for evaporating black hole and the transition from two-sided to one-sided black hole in the familiar example of perturbed thermofield double. If Alice perturbs thermofield double and waits for scrambling time, she will have a one-sided black hole with interior of her own. We argue that by similar mechanism the radiation gets access to the interior (island forms) after Page time. The growth of the island happens as a result of the constant transitions from two-sided to one-sided black holes.

DOI: 10.1007/jhep07(2020)139

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