On the horizon entropy of a causal set

Abstract

Abstract We discuss how to define a kinematical horizon entropy on a causal set. We extend a recent definition of horizon molecules to a setting with a null hypersurface crossing the horizon. We argue that, as opposed to the spacelike case, this extension fails to yield an entropy local to the hypersurface-horizon intersection in the continuum limit when the causal set approximates a curved spacetime. We then investigate the entropy defined via the spacetime mutual information between two regions of a causal diamond truncated by a causal horizon, and find it does limit to the area of the intersection.