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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 NN the genus-one partition function for string orbifolds on R2/ZN\mathbb{R}^2/\mathbb{Z}_N conical spaces known for all odd integers N>1N > 1. 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 0<N10 < N \leq 1 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.

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@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

R2 v1 2026-06-28T10:53:47.284Z