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Tensor networks for dynamic spacetimes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-10-24 v4

Abstract

Existing tensor network models of holography are limited to representing the geometry of constant time slices of static spacetimes. We study the possibility of describing the geometry of a dynamic spacetime using tensor networks. We find it is necessary to give a new definition of length in the network and propose a definition based on the mutual information. We show that by associating a set of networks with a single quantum state and making use of the mutual information based definition of length, a network analogue of the maximin formula can be used to calculate the entropy of boundary regions.

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@article{arxiv.1611.06220,
  title  = {Tensor networks for dynamic spacetimes},
  author = {Alex May},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.06220},
  year   = {2019}
}
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