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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

    Twirled perfect tensor networks are introduced as a class satisfying computational covariance, bounding complexity by the Python's Lunch Conjecture exponent, and combining holographic features of perfect and random tensor networks including a lattice RT formula.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.