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Relative entropy equals bulk relative entropy

2015/12/20 by Daniel L. Jafferis, Aitor Lewkowycz, Juan Maldacena +1 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-th #gr-qc #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep06(2016)004

23 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2015/12/20 · arxiv updated 2016/06/29

Abstract

We consider the gravity dual of the modular Hamiltonian associated to a general subregion of a boundary theory. We use it to argue that the relative entropy of nearby states is given by the relative entropy in the bulk, to leading order in the bulk gravitational coupling. We also argue that the boundary modular flow is dual to the bulk modular flow in the entanglement wedge, with implications for entanglement wedge reconstruction.

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