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Modern Physics Letters A

REMARKS ON ENTROPY-AREA PROPORTIONALITY FOR A REDUCED SYSTEM

C.H. WOO

Published Feb 20, 1994• 0 citations
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Abstract

A plausible physical reason is given for the entropy-area proportionality that was discussed recently by Srednicki. Such a proportionality is not a general feature when the degrees of freedom within a certain volume are traced out of a pure state.
DOI
10.1142/s0217732394000459

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