A revision to the QES prescription

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Autori principali: Khodahami, Amir A., Azizi, Azizollah
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Khodahami, Amir A.
Azizi, Azizollah
author_facet Khodahami, Amir A.
Azizi, Azizollah
contents In this paper, we propose a revision to the Quantum Extremal Surface (QES) prescription, which plays a crucial role in describing the entanglement entropy of black holes. While derivations exist for the original QES prescription using the replica trick, they rely on a saddle point approximation that faces challenges when the number of replicas approaches unity. We highlight these challenges and derive a refined formula for the entanglement entropy that incorporates a weighted summation over multiple surfaces, contrasting the QES prescription's reliance on a single extremal surface. We validate our formulation by demonstrating consistency with expected results for both the early and late stages of black hole evaporation, confirming its alignment with the unitary evolution depicted by the Page curve.
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Khodahami, Amir A.
Azizi, Azizollah
High Energy Physics - Theory
In this paper, we propose a revision to the Quantum Extremal Surface (QES) prescription, which plays a crucial role in describing the entanglement entropy of black holes. While derivations exist for the original QES prescription using the replica trick, they rely on a saddle point approximation that faces challenges when the number of replicas approaches unity. We highlight these challenges and derive a refined formula for the entanglement entropy that incorporates a weighted summation over multiple surfaces, contrasting the QES prescription's reliance on a single extremal surface. We validate our formulation by demonstrating consistency with expected results for both the early and late stages of black hole evaporation, confirming its alignment with the unitary evolution depicted by the Page curve.
title A revision to the QES prescription
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14071