Causal unitary qubit model of black hole evaporation

Abstract

A new simple qubit model of black hole evaporation is proposed. The model operates on four qubits and is defined in terms of quantum gates and a quantum circuit. The chief features of the model include explicit unitarity and (most notably) causality which is understood as the impossibility of the transfer of information from the interior of the black hole through its horizon. The corresponding von Neumann entanglement entropy yields a crude (four-qubit) approximation of the Page curve.

Keywords

• Black hole information loss paradox
• Qubit model of black hole evaporation
• Causal and unitary black hole evaporation
• Von Neumann entanglement entropy
• The Page curve