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Bekenstein Bound for Approximately Local Charged States

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-01-08 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP Operator Algebras Quantum Physics

Abstract

We generalize the energy-entropy ratio inequality in quantum field theory (QFT) established by one of us from localized states to a larger class of states. The states considered in this paper can be in a charged (non-vacuum) representation of the QFT or may be only approximately localized in the region under consideration. Our inequality is S(Ψ ⁣Ω)2πR(Ψ,HρΨ)+logd(ρ)+εS(\Psi |\!| \Omega) \le 2\pi R \, ( \Psi, H_\rho \Psi ) + \log d(\rho) + \varepsilon, where SS is the relative entropy, where RR is a "radius" (width) characterizing the size of the region, d(ρ)d(\rho) is the statistical (quantum) dimension of the given charged sector ρ\rho hosting the quantum state Ψ\Psi, Ω\Omega is the vacuum state, HρH_\rho is the Hamiltonian in the charged sector, and ε\varepsilon is a tolerance measuring the deviation of Ψ\Psi from the vacuum according to observers in the causal complement of the region.

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@article{arxiv.2501.03849,
  title  = {Bekenstein Bound for Approximately Local Charged States},
  author = {Stefan Hollands and Roberto Longo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.03849},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages, no figures

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