Black holes and Marchenko-Pastur distribution

Abstract

The universal eigenvalue distribution characterizing the Gram matrix of semiclassical ensembles of black hole microstates is recognized as the Marchenko-Pastur distribution, which plays a prominent role as the universal limit distribution in a large class of random matrix and vector models. It is proposed that this distribution also universally determines the energy spectral density of black holes, which allows one to construct a Krylov space for the time evolution of typical black hole states and calculate their state complexity. It is checked that the state complexity growth at late times saturates Lloyd’s bound. Some implications of the proposed spectral density for the generation of Hawking radiation and black hole evaporation are discussed. Published by the American Physical Society 2024