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The Gravity Dual of a Density Matrix

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For a state in a quantum field theory on some spacetime, we can associate a density matrix to any subset of a given spacelike slice by tracing out the remaining degrees of freedom. In the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, if the original state has a dual bulk spacetime with a good classical description, it is natural to ask how much information about the bulk spacetime is carried by the density matrix for such a subset of field theory degrees of freedom. In this note, we provide several constraints on the largest region that can be fully reconstructed, and discuss specific proposals for the geometric construction of this dual region.

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Replica wormholes and the black hole interior

hep-th · 2019-11-27 · conditional · novelty 9.0

Replica wormhole geometries justify the replica trick computation of the Page curve in holographic black hole models and support entanglement wedge reconstruction via the Petz map.

Complexity Inequalities for Quantum Subsystems

hep-th · 2026-06-18 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Defines tripartite complexity and complexity gap for three-subsystem states and reports that the gap has definite sign across holographic CV, Fisher-Rao, and Krylov measures, suggesting it as a building block for complexity inequalities.

Subregion Complementarity in AdS/CFT

hep-th · 2023-09-08 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Subregion duality fails in AdS/CFT at leading large N, leading to the proposal of subregion complementarity allowing different CFT operators to describe one bulk subregion.

Pure states for subregions in gravity and their entanglement entropy

hep-th · 2026-06-02 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A construction assigns pure states to subregions in quantum gravity via partially frozen path integrals and gives a holographic prescription for their entanglement entropy that satisfies consistency conditions and recovers known formulas.

Pseudorandom Dynamics in the SYK Model and Cryptographic Censorship in JT Gravity

hep-th · 2026-05-24 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

SYK disorder is shown to be an approximate unitary k-design for poly(N) k; under the planted-SYK hardness conjecture this yields gravitationally pseudorandom unitaries, implying cryptographic censorship in JT gravity with the regularized maximal geodesic length as distinguisher.

Holographic Tensor Networks as Tessellations of Geometry

hep-th · 2025-12-22 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Holographic tensor networks constructed from PEE-thread tessellations of AdS geometry reproduce the exact Ryu-Takayanagi formula in factorized EPR, perfect-tensor, and random variants.

Constraints on four-party entanglement in holography

hep-th · 2026-05-29 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0 · 2 refs

In time-reflection-symmetric holographic states, I3 implies vanishing of multiple four-party entanglement measures and bounds those from multi-entropy, though Q4 is not quantitatively bounded by I3.

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  • Replica wormholes and the black hole interior hep-th · 2019-11-27 · conditional · none · ref 36 · internal anchor

    Replica wormhole geometries justify the replica trick computation of the Page curve in holographic black hole models and support entanglement wedge reconstruction via the Petz map.

  • Complexity Inequalities for Quantum Subsystems hep-th · 2026-06-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 49 · internal anchor

    Defines tripartite complexity and complexity gap for three-subsystem states and reports that the gap has definite sign across holographic CV, Fisher-Rao, and Krylov measures, suggesting it as a building block for complexity inequalities.

  • Twirled Perfect Tensor Networks: Computationally covariant holographic tensor networks hep-th · 2026-05-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 5 · 2 links · internal anchor

    Twirled perfect tensor networks achieve computational covariance, bound complexity by the PLC, and obey a lattice Ryu-Takayanagi formula for arbitrary boundary subregions.

  • Subregion Complementarity in AdS/CFT hep-th · 2023-09-08 · unverdicted · none · ref 9 · internal anchor

    Subregion duality fails in AdS/CFT at leading large N, leading to the proposal of subregion complementarity allowing different CFT operators to describe one bulk subregion.

  • The entropy of bulk quantum fields and the entanglement wedge of an evaporating black hole hep-th · 2019-05-21 · conditional · none · ref 1 · internal anchor

    In a 2d evaporating black hole model, large boosts create O(1/G_N) gradients in bulk entropy that move the quantum extremal surface, causing the generalized entropy to follow unitary expectations with information disappearing after a scrambling time and a phase transition at the Page time.

  • Pure states for subregions in gravity and their entanglement entropy hep-th · 2026-06-02 · unverdicted · none · ref 25 · internal anchor

    A construction assigns pure states to subregions in quantum gravity via partially frozen path integrals and gives a holographic prescription for their entanglement entropy that satisfies consistency conditions and recovers known formulas.

  • Pseudorandom Dynamics in the SYK Model and Cryptographic Censorship in JT Gravity hep-th · 2026-05-24 · unverdicted · none · ref 70 · internal anchor

    SYK disorder is shown to be an approximate unitary k-design for poly(N) k; under the planted-SYK hardness conjecture this yields gravitationally pseudorandom unitaries, implying cryptographic censorship in JT gravity with the regularized maximal geodesic length as distinguisher.

  • Holographic Tensor Networks as Tessellations of Geometry hep-th · 2025-12-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 5 · internal anchor

    Holographic tensor networks constructed from PEE-thread tessellations of AdS geometry reproduce the exact Ryu-Takayanagi formula in factorized EPR, perfect-tensor, and random variants.

  • Entanglement spreading and emergent locality in Brownian SYK chains hep-th · 2025-07-31 · unverdicted · none · ref 43 · internal anchor

    In a Brownian SYK chain at strong coupling, information from an injected qudit spreads inside a sharp light-cone at the butterfly velocity because the governing dynamics reduce to FKPP domain walls.

  • A Semiclassical Diagnostic for Spacetime Emergence hep-th · 2026-05-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 52

    Evanescent quantum extremal surfaces, bounded in area but not generalized entropy, diagnose failures of spacetime emergence in holography.

  • Constraints on four-party entanglement in holography hep-th · 2026-05-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 33 · 2 links · internal anchor

    In time-reflection-symmetric holographic states, I3 implies vanishing of multiple four-party entanglement measures and bounds those from multi-entropy, though Q4 is not quantitatively bounded by I3.

  • Supergravity flows, wormholes and their pseudo-Hermitian holographic duals hep-th · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 84 · internal anchor

    Supergravity truncations admit real-metric wormhole solutions via imaginary scalar extensions whose holographic duals are pseudo-Hermitian and PT-symmetric, interpretable as entangled brane states.

  • Semiclassical algebraic reconstruction for type III algebras hep-th · 2026-05-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 52 · internal anchor

    Semiclassical crossed product constructions extend the algebraic reconstruction theorem to type III algebras and yield an algebraic Ryu-Takayanagi formula for holographic duality.

  • Rethinking quantum information in gravity and fields hep-th · 2026-06-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 136 · internal anchor

    The paper organizes important open questions in quantum gravity and quantum information into four themes without presenting new results or derivations.

  • Modave lectures on energy conditions in quantum field theory and semi-classical gravity hep-th · 2026-05-18 · accept · none · ref 64 · internal anchor

    Review of classical energy conditions, their quantum violations, and information-theoretic bounds for semi-classical gravity, based on Modave lectures.

  • Lectures on entanglement entropy in field theory and holography hep-th · 2019-07-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 79 · internal anchor

    Lecture notes surveying entanglement entropy in QFT and holography, emphasizing physical aspects and the Ryu-Takayanagi formula.