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A holographic bound on the total number of computations in the visible Universe

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-15 v3

Abstract

Information II in holographic imaging of massive particles by star-like screens is shown to represent the probability of detection based on their propagator. Results are derived for screens in the shape of a plane, cube and sphere from unitarity in the exponentially small transition probability for a detection outside. We derive I=2πΔφI=2\pi \Delta\varphi in log2\log2 bits for the imaging of a particle by a spherical screen at a relative de Broglie phase Δφ\Delta\varphi. Encoding mass, charge, angular momentum or radiation requires at minimum four bits. Minimal screens at maximal information density hereby recover Reissner-Nordstr\"om and extremal Kerr black holes. Applied to the visible Universe, the Hubble flow of galaxies through the cosmological event horizon leaves 1012110^{121} computations in the future.

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@article{arxiv.1302.3470,
  title  = {A holographic bound on the total number of computations in the visible Universe},
  author = {Maurice H. P. M. van Putten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.3470},
  year   = {2015}
}

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