Modular Lower Bounds on Reeh-Schlieder State Preparation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18640v1
• Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 16:45:10 GMT
• Title: Modular Lower Bounds on Reeh-Schlieder State Preparation
• Abstract summary: Reeh-Schlieder theorem says every target vector can be approximated from the vacuum by an operator localized in an arbitrarily small spacetime region.<n>This note isolates a standard Tomita-Takesaki estimate as a model-independent preparation bound.
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• Abstract: The Reeh-Schlieder theorem says that every target vector can be approximated from the vacuum by an operator localized in an arbitrarily small spacetime region, but it gives no quantitative cost for doing so. This note isolates a standard Tomita-Takesaki estimate as a model-independent preparation bound. Targets with deeply negative modular energy require large local operators. After rescaling such an operator to a physical contraction, the same estimate becomes a lower bound on postselection overhead. In geometries where the modular Hamiltonian is known, the bound becomes explicit. Bisognano-Wichmann turns it into a boost energy statement for wedges, and the Casini-Huerta-Myers formula gives a stress-tensor version for bounded regions of conformal field theories. Local unitaries can only reach states of nonnegative modular energy. Negative modular sectors require nonunitary or postselected outcomes, giving a preparation cost bound that complements vacuum embezzlement in type III local algebras.

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