The Maximal Entanglement Limit in Statistical and High-energy Physics
Abstract
These lectures advocate the idea that quantum entanglement provides a unifying foundation for both statistical physics and high-energy interactions. I argue that, at sufficiently long times or high energies, most quantum systems approach a Maximal Entanglement Limit (MEL) in which phases of quantum states become unobservable, reduced density matrices acquire a thermal form, and probabilistic descriptions emerge without invoking ergodicity or classical randomness. Within this framework, the emergence of probabilistic parton model, thermalization in the break-up of confining strings and in high-energy collisions, and the universal small-\(x\) behavior of structure functions arise as direct consequences of entanglement and geometry of high-dimensional Hilbert space. Abstract Published by the Jagiellonian University 2026 authors
Fields of Study & Subjects
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Quantum many-body systems
Quantum Information and Cryptography
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Acta Physica Polonica B
- Publisher
- Jagiellonian University
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1–1
- Publication date
- 8 April 2026
- Language
- EN