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Duality of Ryu-Takayanagi surfaces inside and outside the horizon

Wu-zhong Guo* and Jin Xu†

  • *Contact author: wuzhong@hust.edu.cn
  • †Contact author: xujin1@hust.edn.cn
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Phys. Rev. D 112, L101901 – Published 3 November, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/xndj-9ftm

Abstract

We study the Ryu-Takayanagi (RT) surfaces associated with timelike subregions in static spacetimes with a horizon. It is possible to find the analytical continuation of the RT surfaces that can extend into the horizon, allowing us to probe the interior of the black hole. The horizon typically divides the RT surface into two distinct parts. We demonstrate that the area of the surface inside the horizon can be reconstructed from the contributions of the surfaces outside the horizon, along with additional RT surfaces for spacelike subregions that are causally related to the timelike subregions. This result provides a concrete realization of black hole complementarity at the level of classical metric, where the spacetime in the black hole interior can be reconstructed from the degrees of freedom outside the horizon.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, L101901– Published 3 November, 2025
  • Received 7 June 2025
  • Accepted 10 October 2025
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