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Quantum memory for Rindler supertranslations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-06-20 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The Rindler horizon in Minkowski spacetime can be implanted with supertranslation hair by a matter shock wave without planar symmetry, and the hair is observable as a supertranslation memory on the Rindler family of uniformly linearly accelerated observers. We show that this classical memory is accompanied by a supertranslation quantum memory that modulates the entanglement between the opposing Rindler wedges in quantum field theory. A corresponding phenomenon across a black hole horizon may play a role in Hawking, Perry and Strominger's proposal for supertranslations to provide a solution to the black hole information paradox.

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@article{arxiv.1709.07355,
  title  = {Quantum memory for Rindler supertranslations},
  author = {Sanved Kolekar and Jorma Louko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.07355},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

v1: 20 pages, 3 figures v2: some discussion added, matches published version

R2 v1 2026-06-22T21:50:42.900Z