Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, gravitational entropy and quantum information

Abstract

AbstractWe inspect the basic ideas underlying Roger Penrose’s Conformal Cyclic Cosmology from the perspective of modern quantum information. We show that the assumed loss of degrees of freedom in black holes is not compatible with the quantum notion of entropy. We propose a unitary version of Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, in which quantum information is globally preserved during the entire evolution of our universe, and across the crossover surface to the subsequent aeon. Our analysis suggests that entanglement with specific quantum gravitational degrees of freedom might be at the origin of the second law of thermodynamics and the quantum-to-classical transition at mesoscopic scales.