• Accepted Paper

Energy flux as an entanglement current in moving-mirror radiation

Yasusada Nambu and Riku Yoshimoto

Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 25 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/z7c3-p8yp

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the quantum entanglement properties of analog Hawking radiation produced by a moving mirror. Using two detector modes defined through window functions on a quantum field, we quantify the bipartite entanglement established between these modes. Our results reveal that the amount of entanglement accessible to the detectors increases when the mirror follows trajectories with non-monotonic, time-dependent acceleration, which are accompanied by the emission of negative energy flux. This indicates that the negative energy flux acts as a channel through which information can be returned. To substantiate this perspective, we examine how the recovery or reconstruction of the associated partner modes is related to the negative energy flux emitted by the mirror.

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