Finite Entanglement Entropy in String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2024-09-25 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We analyze the one-loop quantum entanglement entropy in ten-dimensional Type-II string theory using the orbifold method by analytically continuing in the genus-one partition function for string orbifolds on conical spaces known for all odd integers . We show that the tachyonic contributions to the orbifold partition function can be appropriately summed and analytically continued to an expression that is finite in the physical region resulting in a finite and calculable answer for the entanglement entropy. We discuss the implications of the finiteness of the entanglement entropy for the information paradox, quantum gravity, and holography.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.00990,
title = {Finite Entanglement Entropy in String Theory},
author = {Atish Dabholkar and Upamanyu Moitra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.00990},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
6 pages; two-column format; v2: Minor comments added, published in Phys. Rev. D as a Letter