Fuzzy spacetime: fundamental limits of quantum-optical holographic bulk reconstruction
Abstract
In this Essay we construct a concrete, non-perturbative realization of metric reconstruction using quantum-optical model of particle detectors in relativistic quantum information. The non-perturbative approach allows us to realize a version of "short-distance physics corresponds to poor statistics" idea by Kempf which occurs way above the Planck scale before one reaches the quantum-gravitational regime. In particular, the "fuzziness" of spacetime that arise from operational measurement protocols can be given a holographic dual interpretation using bulk-to-boundary correspondence between scalar correlators in asymptotically flat spacetimes. The holographic interpretation necessitates imperfect metric reconstruction even in principle due to the universality of future null infinity.
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@article{arxiv.2303.16326,
title = {Fuzzy spacetime: fundamental limits of quantum-optical holographic bulk reconstruction},
author = {Erickson Tjoa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.16326},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
10 pages, no figure. Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2023 Awards for Essays on Gravitation; v2: fixed attribution and typos