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A Quantum Bousso Bound

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-17 v1

Abstract

The Bousso bound requires that one quarter the area of a closed codimension two spacelike surface exceeds the entropy flux across a certain lightsheet terminating on the surface. The bound can be violated by quantum effects such as Hawking radiation. It is proposed that at the quantum level the bound be modified by adding to the area the quantum entanglement entropy across the surface. The validity of this quantum Bousso bound is proven in a two-dimensional large N dilaton gravity theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0303067,
  title  = {A Quantum Bousso Bound},
  author = {Andrew Strominger and David Thompson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0303067},
  year   = {2009}
}

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