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An information-theoretic view on spacetime

Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen, 6525 AJ, The Netherlands

E-mail Address: f.saueressig@science.ru.nl

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Amir Khosravi

Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen, 6525 AJ, The Netherlands

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Abstract

We argue in a quantitative way that the unitarity principle of quantum field theory together with the quantum information bound on correlation functions is in tension with a space which is made out of disconnected patches at microscopic scales.

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PACS: 04.60.-m, 11.10.Hi, 03.65.Ud

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