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abstract: 'We present strong arguments that the deep structure of the quantum vacuum contains a web of microscopic wormholes or short-cuts. We develop the concept of wormhole spaces and show that this web of wormholes generate a peculiar array of long-range correlations in the patterns of vacuum fluctuations on the Planck scale. We conclude that this translocal structure represents the common cause for both the BH-entropy-area law, the more general holographic principle and the entanglement phenomena in quantum theory. In so far our approach exhibits a common structure which underlies both gravity and quantum theory on a microscopic scale. A central place in our analysis is occupied by a quantitative derivation of the distribution laws of microscopic wormholes in the quantum vacuum. This makes it possible to address a number of open questions and controversial topics in the field of quantum gravity.'
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Institut für Theoretische Physik\
Universität Göttingen\
Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1\
37077 Göttingen Germany\
(E-mail: requardt@theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de)

Introduction
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In the following we want to give a new explanation of the area law of black hole (BH) entropy and the more general and stronger [ holographic principle]{}. Furthermore, we provide (in our view) convincing arguments that an 