Matter-Geometry entanglement in quantum cosmology
arXiv:1907.03776 · doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ab9d97
Abstract
We present a study of the evolution of entanglement entropy of matter and geometry in quantum cosmology. For a variety of Gaussian initial states and their linear combinations, and with evolution defined with respect to a relational time, we show numerically that (i) entanglement entropy increases rapidly at very early times, and subsequently saturates to a constant non-zero value, and (ii) that the saturation value of this entropy is a linear function of the energy associated to the quantum state: . These results suggest a remnant of quantum entanglement in the macroscopic Universe from the era of the Big Bang, independent of the initial state parameters, and a "First Law" associated with matter-gravity entanglement entropy in quantum gravity.
arXiv commentImportant work. 7 Pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in CQG Letters
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