TITLE:
From Black Holes to Information Erasure: Uniting Bekenstein’s Bound and Landauer’s Principle
AUTHORS:
Boris Menin
KEYWORDS:
Astrophysics and Astronomy, Bekenstein Bound, Black Hole Thermodynamics, Information and Energy Limits, Information Theory and Quantum Mechanics, Landauer’s Principle
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
Vol.11 No.8,
August
8,
2023
ABSTRACT: This research aims to integrate Bekenstein’s bound and Landauer’s principle, providing a unified framework to understand the limits of information and energy in physical systems. By combining these principles, we explore the implications for black hole thermodynamics, astrophysics, astronomy, information theory, and the search for new laws of nature. The result includes an estimation of the number of bits stored in a black hole (less than 1.4 × 1030 bits/m3), enhancing our understanding of information storage in extreme gravitational environments. This integration offers valuable insights into the fundamental nature of information and energy, impacting scientific advancements in multiple disciplines.