Information erasure and the generalized second law of Black hole thermodynamics

DOI10.1007/S10773-007-9610-0MaRDI QIDQ939042zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Daegene Song, Elizabeth Winstanley

Publication date 20 August 2008

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009083, http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/10553/1/0009083v1.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Black hole thermodynamicsErasureLandauer's principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: We consider the generalized second law of black hole thermodynamics in the light of quantum information theory, in particular information erasure and Landauer's principle (namely, that erasure of information produces at least the equivalent amount of entropy). A small quantum system outside a black hole in the Hartle-Hawking state is studied, and the quantum system comes into thermal equilibrium with the radiation surrounding the black hole. For this scenario, we present a simple proof of the generalized second law based on quantum relative entropy. We then analyze the corresponding information erasure process, and confirm our proof of the generalized second law by applying Landauer's principle.

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