Black-Hole Signatures in the Finite-Temperature Critical Ising Chain

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07639v1
• Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:59:54 GMT
• Title: Black-Hole Signatures in the Finite-Temperature Critical Ising Chain
• Abstract summary: We show that the finite-temperature critical transverse-field Ising chain exhibits quantitative signatures of black-hole physics.<n>Results identify critical quantum spin chains as minimal and experimentally accessible platforms for probing dynamical and thermodynamic aspects of quantum black holes.
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• Abstract: We demonstrate that the finite-temperature critical transverse-field Ising chain exhibits quantitative signatures of black-hole physics in its dual gravitational description within the AdS/CFT correspondence. Its finite-temperature dynamics and thermodynamics are consistently captured by a mixed thermal-AdS/BTZ black hole saddle, leading to three mutually compatible observations. First, antipodal excitation transport collapses onto a universal temperature-dependent curve determined by the relative AdS and BTZ contributions to the gravitational partition function, reflecting horizon absorption. Second, in the high-temperature regime, the retarded response exhibits exponential relaxation governed by the lowest quasi-normal mode of the dual black hole. Third, the temperature derivative of the von Neumann entropy develops a pronounced minimum at a temperature consistent with the Hawking-Page transition. These results identify critical quantum spin chains as minimal and experimentally accessible platforms for probing dynamical and thermodynamic aspects of quantum black holes in controllable many-body systems.

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