Black holes, qubits and the Fano Plane

Recently it has been observed that the group ${E}_{7}$ can be used to describe a special type of quantum entanglement of seven qubits partitioned into seven tripartite systems. Here we show that this curious type of entanglement is entirely encoded into the discrete geometry of the Fano plane. We explicitly work out the details concerning a qubit interpretation of the ${E}_{7}$ generators as representatives of tripartite protocols acting on the 56-dimensional representation space. Using these results we extend further the recently studied analogy between quantum information theory and supersymmetric black holes in four-dimensional string theory. We point out that there is a dual relationship between entangled subsystems containing three and four tripartite systems. This relationship is reflected in the structure of the expressions for the black hole entropy in the $N=4$ and $N=2$ truncations of the ${E}_{7(7)}$ symmetric area form of $N=8$ supergravity. We conjecture that a similar picture based on other qubit systems might hold for black hole solutions in magic supergravities.Recently it has been observed that the group ${E}_{7}$ can be used to describe a special type of quantum entanglement of seven qubits partitioned into seven tripartite systems. Here we show that this curious type of entanglement is entirely encoded into the discrete geometry of the Fano plane. We explicitly work out the details concerning a qubit interpretation of the ${E}_{7}$ generators as representatives of tripartite protocols acting on the 56-dimensional representation space. Using these results we extend further the recently studied analogy between quantum information theory and supersymmetric black holes in four-dimensional string theory. We point out that there is a dual relationship between entangled subsystems containing three and four tripartite systems. This relationship is reflected in the structure of the expressions for the black hole entropy in the $N=4$ and $N=2$ truncations of the ${E}_{7(7)}$ symmetric area form of $N=8$ supergravity. We conjecture that a similar picture based on other qubit systems might hold for black hole solutions in magic supergravities.

arXiv:hep-th/0610314Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fieldsJan 19, 200757 citations

Black Holes, Qubits and Octonions

L. Borsten, D. Dahanayake, M. J. Duff +2 more

We review the recently established relationships between black hole entropy in string theory and the quantum entanglement of qubits and qutrits in quantum information theory. The first example is provided by the measure of the tripartite entanglement of three qubits (Alice, Bob and Charlie), known as the 3-tangle, and the entropy of the 8-charge ST U black hole of N = 2 supergravity, both of which are given by the [SL(2)] 3 invariant hyperdeterminant, a quantity first introduced by Cayley in 1845. Moreover the classification of three-qubit entanglements is related to the classification of N = 2 supersymmetric ST U black holes. There are further relationships between the attractor mechanism and local distillation protocols and between supersymmetry and the suppression of bit flip errors. At the microscopic level, the black holes are described by intersecting D3-branes whose wrapping around the six compact dimensions T 6 provides the string-theoretic interpretation of the charges and we associate the three-qubit basis vectors, |ABC〉 (A, B, C = 0 or 1), with the corresponding 8 wrapping cycles. The black hole/qubit correspondence extends to the 56 charge N = 8 black holes and the tripartite entanglement of seven qubits where the measure is provided by Cartan’s E7 ⊃ [SL(2)] 7 invariant. The qubits are naturally described by the seven vertices ABCDEF G of the Fano plane, which provides the multiplication table of the seven imaginary octonions,We review the recently established relationships between black hole entropy in string theory and the quantum entanglement of qubits and qutrits in quantum information theory. The first example is provided by the measure of the tripartite entanglement of three qubits (Alice, Bob and Charlie), known as the 3-tangle, and the entropy of the 8-charge ST U black hole of N = 2 supergravity, both of which are given by the [SL(2)] 3 invariant hyperdeterminant, a quantity first introduced by Cayley in 1845. Moreover the classification of three-qubit entanglements is related to the classification of N = 2 supersymmetric ST U black holes. There are further relationships between the attractor mechanism and local distillation protocols and between supersymmetry and the suppression of bit flip errors. At the microscopic level, the black holes are described by intersecting D3-branes whose wrapping around the six compact dimensions T 6 provides the string-theoretic interpretation of the charges and we associate the three-qubit basis vectors, |ABC〉 (A, B, C = 0 or 1), with the corresponding 8 wrapping cycles. The black hole/qubit correspondence extends to the 56 charge N = 8 black holes and the tripartite entanglement of seven qubits where the measure is provided by Cartan’s E7 ⊃ [SL(2)] 7 invariant. The qubits are naturally described by the seven vertices ABCDEF G of the Fano plane, which provides the multiplication table of the seven imaginary octonions,

Jan 1, 200897 citations

BLACK HOLES AND QUBITS

L. Borsten, M. J. Duff, W. Rubens

Jul 16, 20121 citation

Recently it has been observed that the group

{E}_{7}

can be used to describe a special type of quantum entanglement of seven qubits partitioned into seven tripartite systems. Here we show that this curious type of entanglement is entirely encoded into the discrete geometry of the Fano plane. We explicitly work out the details concerning a qubit interpretation of the

{E}_{7}

generators as representatives of tripartite protocols acting on the 56-dimensional representation space. Using these results we extend further the recently studied analogy between quantum information theory and supersymmetric black holes in four-dimensional string theory. We point out that there is a dual relationship between entangled subsystems containing three and four tripartite systems. This relationship is reflected in the structure of the expressions for the black hole entropy in the

N=4

and

N=2

truncations of the

{E}_{7(7)}

symmetric area form of

N=8

supergravity. We conjecture that a similar picture based on other qubit systems might hold for black hole solutions in magic supergravities.