Overlapping qubits from non-isometric maps and de Sitter tensor networks

ChunJun Cao, Wissam Chemissany, Alexander Jahn () and Zoltán Zimborás
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ChunJun Cao: University of Maryland
Wissam Chemissany: University of Pennsylvania
Alexander Jahn: California Institute of Technology
Zoltán Zimborás: University of Helsinki

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The emergence of a local effective theory from a more fundamental theory of quantum gravity with seemingly fewer degrees of freedom is a major puzzle of theoretical physics. A recent approach to this problem is to consider general features of the Hilbert space maps relating these theories. In this work, we construct approximately local observables, or overlapping qubits, from such non-isometric maps. We show that local processes in effective theories can be spoofed with a quantum system with fewer degrees of freedom, with deviations from actual locality identifiable as features of quantum gravity. For a concrete example, we construct two tensor network models of de Sitter space-time, demonstrating how exponential expansion and local physics can be spoofed for a long period before breaking down. Our results highlight the connection between overlapping qubits, Hilbert space dimension verification, degree-of-freedom counting in black holes, holography, and approximate locality in quantum gravity.

Date: 2025
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