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Black holes as tools for quantum computing by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2023

Gia Dvali Open the ORCID record for Gia Dvali [Opens in a new window]  and
Zaza N. Osmanov Open the ORCID record for Zaza N. Osmanov [Opens in a new window]
Gia Dvali
Affiliation:
Arnold Sommerfeld Center, Ludwig Maximilians University, Theresienstraße 37, 80333 Munich, Germany Max Planck Institute for Physics, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805 Munich, Germany
Zaza N. Osmanov*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Free University of Tbilisi, 0183 Tbilisi, Georgia E. Kharadze Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory, 0301 Abastumani, Georgia
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Corresponding author: Zaza N. Osmanov; Email: z.osmanov@freeuni.edu.ge
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Abstract

We explain that black holes are the most efficient capacitors of quantum information. It is thereby expected that all sufficiently advanced civilizations ultimately employ black holes in their quantum computers. The accompanying Hawking radiation is democratic in particle species. Due to this, the alien quantum computers will radiate in ordinary particles such as neutrinos and photons within the range of potential sensitivity of our detectors. This offers a new avenue for search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the civilizations entirely composed of hidden particles species interacting with our world exclusively through gravity.

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astrobiologSETItechnosignatures
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International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , December 2023 , pp. 617 - 640
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