Published May 12, 2020 | Version Submitted
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The infinite-dimensional HaPPY code: entanglement wedge reconstruction and dynamics

Abstract

We construct an infinite-dimensional analog of the HaPPY code as a growing series of stabilizer codes defined respective to their Hilbert spaces. The Hilbert spaces are related by isometric maps, which we define explicitly. We construct a Hamiltonian that is compatible with the infinite-dimensional HaPPY code and further study the stabilizer of our code, which has an inherent fractal structure. We use this result to study the dynamics of the code and map a nontrivial bulk Hamiltonian to the boundary. We find that the image of the mapping is scale invariant, but does not create any long-range entanglement in the boundary, therefore failing to reproduce the features of a CFT. This result shows the limits of the HaPPY code as a model of the AdS/CFT correspondence, but also hints that the relevance of quantum error correction in quantum gravity may not be limited to the CFT context.

Additional Information

The authors are grateful to Vincent Chen, Adrian Franco-Rubio, David Kolchmeyer, and Matilde Marcolli for discussions and Craig Lawrie for helpful comments on this paper. M.J.K. is supported by a Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellowship. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, under Award Number DE-SC0011632. E.G. is funded by ENS Paris and would like to thank Matilde Marcolli for her guidance and constant support. Research at Perimeter Institute is supported in part by the Government of Canada through the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and by the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.

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Department of Energy (DOE)
DE-SC0011632
ENS Paris
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities

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