Algebraic ER=EPR and Complexity Transfer
Abstract
We propose an algebraic definition of ER=EPR in the limit, which associates bulk spacetime connectivity/disconnectivity to the operator algebraic structure of a quantum gravity system. The new formulation not only includes information on the amount of entanglement, but also more importantly the structure of entanglement. We give an independent definition of a quantum wormhole as part of the proposal. This algebraic version of ER=EPR sheds light on a recent puzzle regarding spacetime disconnectivity in holographic systems with entanglement. We discuss the emergence of quantum connectivity in the context of black hole evaporation and further argue that at the Page time, the black hole-radiation system undergoes a transition involving the transfer of an emergent type III subalgebra of high complexity operators from the black hole to radiation. We argue this is a general phenomenon that occurs whenever there is an exchange of dominance between two competing quantum extremal surfaces.
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@article{arxiv.2311.04281,
title = {Algebraic ER=EPR and Complexity Transfer},
author = {Netta Engelhardt and Hong Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04281},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
40+6 pages, 16 figures; v2: added references and updated discussion