Entanglement measures for multi-component universe from holography

Abstract

Recent studies in \cite{Park:2020jio,Paul:2025gpk} have calculated various holographic information theoretic quantities of the four-dimensional FLRW universe for different matter-dominated eras using the braneworld model of cosmology. These studies are done for a single matter component, which is a good toy model for understanding the entanglement properties of the universe. Although for a more realistic model, one should consider a scenario where our universe has coexisting matter components like radiation-dark matter or radiation-exotic matter, etc. In this work, we have presented a systematic way to study various holographic information-theoretic quantities (entanglement entropy and complexity) of the FLRW universe in the presence of coexisting matter components. We have shown that the black brane geometry in the presence of $p$-brane gas indeed supports the existence of a universe with two-component matter sources. The second Israel junction condition, along with the Ryu-Takayanagi formula, is used to compute the time-dependent holographic entanglement entropy of the universe with coexisting radiation-dark matter and radiation-exotic matter. The expression of the time-dependent volume complexity is also evaluated in these scenarios. For both universes, these information-theoretic quantities show a clear radiation dependence in the early time and matter and exotic matter dominance in the late time, which is consistent with the thermal history of the universe.