2015/10/13 by Zhao Yang, Patrick Hayden, Xiao-Liang Qi · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.str-el #hep-th #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep01(2016)175
24 pages, 9 figures
arxiv created 2015/10/13 · arxiv updated 2016/03/23
Tensor networks implementing quantum error correcting codes have recently been used to construct toy models of holographic duality explicitly realizing some of the more puzzling features of the AdS/CFT correspondence. These models reproduce the Ryu-Takayanagi entropy formula for boundary intervals, and allow bulk operators to be mapped to the boundary in a redundant fashion. These exactly solvable, explicit models have provided valuable insight but nonetheless suffer from many deficiencies, some of which we attempt to address in this article. We propose a new class of tensor network models that subsume the earlier advances and, in addition, incorporate additional features of holographic duality, including: (1) a holographic interpretation of all boundary states, not just those in a "code" subspace, (2) a set of bulk states playing the role of "classical geometries" which reproduce the Ryu-Takayanagi formula for boundary intervals, (3) a bulk gauge symmetry analogous to diffeomorphism invariance in gravitational theories, (4) emergent bulk locality for sufficiently sparse excitations, and (5) the ability to describe geometry at sub-AdS resolutions or even flat space.