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Wormholes and entanglement in holography

Kristan Jensen

C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3840, USA

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Julian Sonner

Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Laboratory of National Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271814420036Cited by:8 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this paper, we consider highly entangled states in theories with a gravity dual, where the entangled degrees of freedom are causally disconnected from each other. Using the basic rules of holography, we argue that there is a nontraversable wormhole in the gravity dual whose geometry encodes the pattern of the entanglement.

This essay received an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.

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PACS: 11.25.Tq, 03.65.Ud

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