On the architecture of spacetime geometry

Eugenio Bianchi, Robert C. Myers

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Abstract

We propose entanglement entropy as a probe of the architecture of spacetime in quantum gravity. We argue that the leading contribution to this entropy satisfies an area law for any sufficiently large region in a smooth spacetime, which, in fact, is given by the Bekenstein-Hawking formula. This conjecture is supported by various lines of evidence from perturbative quantum gravity, simplified models of induced gravity, the AdS/CFT correspondence and loop quantum gravity, as well as Jacobsons 'thermodynamic' perspective of gravity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number214002
JournalClassical and Quantum Gravity
Volume31
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 7 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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