Finite Entanglement Entropy in String Theory

Authors Atish Dabholkar, Upamanyu Moitra

Publication date 1 June 2023

Abstract: We analyze the one-loop quantum entanglement entropy in ten-dimensional Type-II string theory using the orbifold method by analytically continuing in

N

the genus-one partition function for string orbifolds on

m a t h b b R^{2} / m a t h b b Z_{N}

conical spaces known for all odd integers

N > 1

. We show that the tachyonic contributions to the orbifold partition function can be appropriately summed and analytically continued to an expression that is finite in the physical region

0 < N l e q 1

resulting in a finite and calculable answer for the entanglement entropy. We discuss the implications of the finiteness of the entanglement entropy for the information paradox, quantum gravity, and holography.

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