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Black holes as tools for quantum computing by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations

Popular Physics 2023-11-30 v3 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We explain that black holes are the most efficient capacitors of quantum information. It is thereby expected that all sufficiently advanced civilizations ultimately employ black holes in their quantum computers. The accompanying Hawking radiation is democratic in particle species. Due to this, the alien quantum computers will radiate in ordinary particles such as neutrinos and photons within the range of potential sensitivity of our detectors. This offers a new avenue for SETI, including the civilizations entirely composed of hidden particles species interacting with our world exclusively through gravity.

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@article{arxiv.2301.09575,
  title  = {Black holes as tools for quantum computing by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations},
  author = {Gia Dvali and Zaza N. Osmanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.09575},
  year   = {2023}
}

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