Interuniversal entanglement in a cyclic multiverse

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We study scenarios of parallel cyclic multiverses which allow for a different evolution of the physical constants, while having the same geometry. These universes are classically disconnected, but quantum-mechanically entangled. Applying the thermodynamics of entanglement, we calculate the temperature and the entropy of entanglement. It emerges that the entropy of entanglement is large at big bang and big crunch singularities of the parallel universes as well as at the maxima of the expansion of these universes. The latter seems to confirm earlier studies that quantum effects are strong at turning points of the evolution of the universe performed in the context of the timeless nature of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation and decoherence. On the other hand, the entropy of entanglement at big rip singularities is going to zero despite its presumably quantum nature. This may be an effect of total dissociation of the universe structures into infinitely separated patches violating the null energy condition. However, the temperature of entanglement is large/infinite at every classically singular point and at maximum expansion and seems to be a better measure of quantumness.

Tytuł
Interuniversal entanglement in a cyclic multiverse
Twórca
Robles-Pérez Salvador
Słowa kluczowe
third quantization; entanglement; multiverse; trzecie kwantowanie; splątanie; multiwszechświat
Współtwórca
Balcerzak Adam ORCID 0000-0002-9047-4941
Dąbrowski Mariusz P. ORCID 0000-0001-8722-9470
Krämer Manuel
Data
2017
Typ zasobu
artykuł
Identyfikator zasobu
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.083505
Źródło
Physical Review D : covering particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, 2017, vol. 95 iss. 8, [br. s.], 083505
Język
angielski
Prawa autorskie
CC BY CC BY
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