arXiv Open Access 2026

The Maximal Entanglement Limit in Statistical and High Energy Physics

Dmitri E. Kharzeev
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Abstrak

These lectures advocate the idea that quantum entanglement provides a unifying foundation for both statistical physics and high-energy interactions. I argue that, at sufficiently long times or high energies, most quantum systems approach a Maximal Entanglement Limit (MEL) in which phases of quantum states become unobservable, reduced density matrices acquire a thermal form, and probabilistic descriptions emerge without invoking ergodicity or classical randomness. Within this framework, the emergence of probabilistic parton model, thermalization in the break-up of confining strings and in high-energy collisions, and the universal small $x$ behavior of structure functions arise as direct consequences of entanglement and geometry of high-dimensional Hilbert space.

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Dmitri E. Kharzeev

Format Sitasi

Kharzeev, D.E. (2026). The Maximal Entanglement Limit in Statistical and High Energy Physics. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00405

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2026
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en
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arXiv
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