(1+1)D calculation provides evidence that quantum entanglement survives a firewall

Mart�n-Mart�nez, Eduardo; Louko, Jorma

Abstract

We analyze how preexisting entanglement between two Unruh-DeWitt particle detectors evolves when one of the detectors falls through a Rindler firewall in (1+1)-dimensional Minkowski space. The firewall effect is minor and does not wash out the detector-detector entanglement, in some regimes even preserving the entanglement better than Minkowski vacuum. The absence of cataclysmic events should continue to hold for young black hole firewalls. A firewall’s prospective ability to resolve the information paradox must hence hinge on its detailed gravitational structure, presently poorly understood.

Citation

Martín-Martínez, E., & Louko, J. (2015). (1+1)D calculation provides evidence that quantum entanglement survives a firewall. Physical Review Letters, 115(3), Article 031301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.031301

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 15, 2015
• Publication Date: Jul 14, 2015
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 10, 2017
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Print ISSN: 0031-9007
• Electronic ISSN: 1079-7114
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 115
• Issue: 3
• Article Number: 031301
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.031301
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/757064
• Publisher URL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.031301
• Additional Information: Eduardo Martín-Martinez and Jorma Louko,(1+1)D Calculation Provides Evidence that Quantum Entanglement Survives a Firewall, Physical Review Letters, 115, 031301 (2015)