Quantum Information Hidden in Quantum Fields

Abstract

We investigate a possible reduction mechanism from (bosonic) Quantum Field Theory (QFT) to Quantum Mechanics (QM), in a manner that could explain the apparent loss of degrees of freedom of the original theory in terms of quantum information in the reduced one. This reduction mechanism consists mainly of performing an ansatz on the boson field operator, which takes into account quantum foam and non-commutative geometry. Through the reduction mechanism, QFT reveals its hidden internal structure, which is a quantum network of maximally entangled multipartite states. In the end, a new approach to the quantum simulation of QFT is proposed through the use of QFT’s internal quantum network. Finally, the entropic equilibrium of fully mixed and maximally entangled states in the quantum network seems to suggest that the black hole paradox of information loss might be solved under suitable conditions.

Keywords

• quantum field theory
• quantum information
• quantum foam
• non-commutative geometry
• quantum simulation