Bra-ket wormholes in gravitationally prepared states

CYChen, Yiming [Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)]; Gorbenko, Victor [Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States)]; Maldacena, Juan [Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States)]

Princeton University

Abstract

We consider two dimensional CFT states that are produced by a gravitational path integral. As a first case, we consider a state produced by Euclidean AdS2 evolution followed by flat space evolution. We use the fine grained entropy formula to explore the nature of the state. We find that the naive hyperbolic space geometry leads to a paradox. This is solved if we include a geometry that connects the bra with the ket, a bra-ket wormhole. The semiclassical Lorentzian interpretation leads to CFT state entangled with an expanding and collapsing Friedmann cosmology.

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    Chen, Yiming [Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)]; Gorbenko, Victor [Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States)]; Maldacena, Juan [Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States)]Corresponding

    Princeton University

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Keywords
  • Wormhole
  • Semiclassical physics
  • Euclidean geometry
  • Physics
  • Mathematical physics
  • Gravitation
  • Hyperbolic space
  • Entropy (arrow of time)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
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