PIRSA:15080060

A new perspective on holographic entanglement

Headrick, M. (2015). A new perspective on holographic entanglement. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15080060

Headrick, Matthew. A new perspective on holographic entanglement. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 17, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15080060 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15080060,
            doi = {10.48660/15080060},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15080060},
            author = {Headrick, Matthew},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {A new perspective on holographic entanglement},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {aug},
            note = {PIRSA:15080060 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Matthew Headrick

Brandeis University

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Abstract
We will present a reformulation of the Ryu-Takayanagi holographic entanglement entropy formula which does not involve the areas of surfaces. The reformulation leads to a picture of entanglement entropy of boundary regions being carried by Planck-thickness "bit threads" in the bulk. We will argue that this picture resolves a number of conceptual difficulties surrounding the RT formula.