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Asymptotic Algebras and Holography of Information in CGHS Model

Waheed A. Dar , Nirmalya Kajuri , Rinkesh Panigrahi This is my paper

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keywords CGHS modelholography of informationasymptotic algebrasisland formulablack hole information paradoxfuture null infinityright-moving modes
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The quantum state of right-moving modes can be recovered from an arbitrarily small neighbourhood of the right future null infinity in the CGHS model.

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This paper studies candidate algebras for the CGHS model to address differences between holography of information and the island formula. It establishes the holography of information by constructing the radiative phase space and asymptotic algebras at future null infinity under standard assumptions. The authors prove that the quantum state of the right-moving modes can be recovered from an arbitrarily small neighbourhood of the right future null infinity. They argue that the existence of an island must violate the commutativity of left- and right-boundary algebras, which highlights a distinction between the two approaches in this model.

Core claim

Making the usual assumptions that are made in HoI literature, the authors establish HoI for the CGHS model coupled to a massless scalar by constructing the radiative phase space and asymptotic algebras at future null infinity. They prove that the quantum state of the right-moving modes can be recovered from an arbitrarily small neighbourhood of the right future null infinity. They then argue that the existence of an island must violate the commutativity of left- and right-boundary algebras and discuss the possible distinction between the HoI and island approaches for the CGHS model.

What carries the argument

The asymptotic algebras at future null infinity, which permit recovery of the right-moving modes quantum state from small neighborhoods.

Load-bearing premise

The usual assumptions that are made in HoI literature when establishing the algebras and recovery.

What would settle it

An explicit construction of an island in the CGHS model that preserves commutativity of the left- and right-boundary algebras would falsify the claimed violation.

read the original abstract

Holography of Information (HoI) and the island formula are two recent approaches to the black hole information loss paradox that yield different Page curves. The difference between the Page curves has been argued to be rooted in the algebra that each approach focuses on. In this paper, we study the candidate algebras for the CGHS model. Making the usual assumptions that are made in HoI literature, we establish HoI for the CGHS model coupled to a massless scalar by constructing the radiative phase space and asymptotic algebras at future null infinity. We prove that the quantum state of the right-moving modes can be recovered from an arbitrarily small neighbourhood of the right future null infinity. We then argue that the existence of an island must violate the commutativity of left- and right-boundary algebras. We discuss the possible distinction between the HoI and island approaches for the CGHS model.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript constructs the radiative phase space and asymptotic algebras for the CGHS model coupled to a massless scalar, under the usual assumptions from the Holography of Information (HoI) literature. It proves that the quantum state of the right-moving modes can be recovered from an arbitrarily small neighborhood of the right future null infinity. The paper then argues that the existence of an island must violate the commutativity of left- and right-boundary algebras and discusses possible distinctions between the HoI and island approaches for the CGHS model.

Significance. If the results hold, the work supplies a concrete realization of HoI in the solvable CGHS model, including an explicit algebra construction and a recovery statement from a small neighborhood at null infinity. This could serve as a benchmark for comparing HoI with the island formula in 2D dilaton gravity and may help clarify the origin of differing Page curves. The commutativity-violation argument offers a potential diagnostic for distinguishing the two frameworks.

minor comments (2)
  1. The abstract and introduction invoke 'usual assumptions' from the HoI literature without an explicit enumerated list or dedicated paragraph; adding this (e.g., as a short subsection after the model definition) would make the independence of the recovery proof clearer to readers outside the immediate subfield.
  2. Notation for the left- and right-boundary algebras (introduced when discussing commutativity) should be defined with explicit symbols and commutation relations in the main text rather than relying solely on reference to prior HoI works.

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We thank the referee for their positive assessment of the manuscript, accurate summary of our results on the radiative phase space, asymptotic algebras, and the recovery statement in the CGHS model, as well as the recommendation for minor revision. No specific major comments are provided in the report.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation self-contained under external assumptions

full rationale

The paper states it proceeds by 'making the usual assumptions that are made in HoI literature' to construct the radiative phase space and asymptotic algebras for CGHS + massless scalar. It then proves recovery of the right-moving quantum state from an arbitrarily small neighborhood of right future null infinity and argues that an island would violate left/right algebra commutativity. These steps are presented as following from the algebra definitions rather than reducing to them by construction, renaming, or self-citation chains. No quoted equation or step equates a 'prediction' to a fitted input or imports uniqueness via overlapping-author citations. The result is independent once the standard HoI assumptions (external to this work) are granted, making this a normal non-circular case.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The paper relies on 'usual assumptions' from HoI literature as the foundation for the algebra construction and recovery; no free parameters, invented entities, or additional axioms are mentioned in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Usual assumptions made in HoI literature
    Invoked explicitly when establishing the algebras and proving state recovery; these are treated as background without further justification in the abstract.

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