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On the Quantum Bousso Bound in JT gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-04-03 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We prove the Strominger-Thompson quantum Bousso bound in the infinite class of conformal vacua in semiclassical JT gravity, with postive or negative cosmological constant. The Bousso-Fisher-Leichenauer-Wall quantum Bousso bound follows from an analogous derivation, requiring only initial quantum non-expansion. In this process, we show that the quantity 2πkμkν<:Tμν:>S6c(S)2{2\pi k^{\mu}k^{\nu}<:T_{\mu\nu}:>-S''-\frac{6}{c}(S')^2} vanishes in any vacuum state, entailing a stronger version of Wall's quantum null energy condition. We derive an entropy formula in the presence of a generic class of two reflecting boundaries, in order to apply our argument to the half reduction model of de Sitter JT gravity.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2311.17152,
  title  = {On the Quantum Bousso Bound in JT gravity},
  author = {Victor Franken and François Rondeau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.17152},
  year   = {2024}
}

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46 pages, 5 figures. Published version

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