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hep-th2026

Note on the Pure State of Old Black Holes in Some Models of Asymptotically Flat Quantum Gravity

T. Banks

We analyze two old models of black holes to see whether they realize the AdS/CFT paradigm of ``multiple representations of bulk data by boundary states that differ only in the expe…

hep-th2026

Where in the Island is the Information?

T. Banks

The Island Formula for Quantum Extremal Surfaces of large AdS black holes, which are made to evaporate by coupling the CFT of the AdS/CFT correspondence to an external system, demo…

hep-th2026

Why There is No Memory Burden in Holographic Space-time Models of Black Hole Formation and Evaporation

T. Banks

Recent papers\cite{dvali} have claimed that general quantum information considerations put macroscopic constraints on the properties of large black holes, which can affect their li…

hep-th2023

Holography for Small Values of the Cosmological Constant

Tom Banks

We review recent work on holography for finite area causal diamonds and explore its implications for the description of such diamonds in the Anti-deSitter space Conformal Field The…

hep-th2023★ 6 cited

Quantum theory of three-dimensional de Sitter space

Sidan A, Tom Banks, Willy Fischler

We sketch the construction of a quantum model of 3 dimensional de Sitter space, based on the Covariant Entropy Principle and the observation that semi-classical physics suggests th…

hep-th2022★ 5 cited

Comments on the Entanglement Spectrum of de Sitter Space

Tom Banks, Patrick Draper

We argue that the Schwarzschild-de Sitter black hole entropy formula does not imply that the entanglement spectrum of the vacuum density matrix of de Sitter space is flat. Specific…