Scrambling and decoding the charged quantum information
Junyu Liu
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62 pages, many figures, theorems and remarks. v2: mainly correct errors and typos. v3: give improvements about presentations and references; remove and add some discussions
Some deep conjectures about quantum gravity are closely related to the role of symmetries in the gravitational background, especially for quantum black holes. In this paper, we systematically study the theory of quantum information for a charged, chaotic system. We show how the quantum information in the whole system has been represented by its charge sectors, using the theory of quantum chaos and quantum error correction, with concrete examples in the context of the complex SYK model. We discuss possible implications for black hole thought experiments and conjectures about quantum gravity in the dynamical setup. We believe this work will have potential applications from theories of quantum gravity to quantum simulation in quantum devices.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology（麻省理工学院）；Boston University（波士顿大学）；École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne（洛桑联邦理工学院）；California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）
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Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore（新加坡国立大学量子技术中心）；Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore（新加坡国立大学电气与计算机工程系）
