scholarly journals Entanglement entropy of 3-d conformal gauge theories with many flavors

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor R. Klebanov ◽  
Silviu S. Pufu ◽  
Subir Sachdev ◽  
Benjamin R. Safdi
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Conformal Gauge

scholarly journals Quantum information probes of charge fractionalization in large-N gauge theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon S. DiNunno ◽  
Niko Jokela ◽  
Juan F. Pedraza ◽  
Arttu Pönni
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Large N ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Charge Fractionalization ◽  
Electric Flux

Abstract We study in detail various information theoretic quantities with the intent of distinguishing between different charged sectors in fractionalized states of large-N gauge theories. For concreteness, we focus on a simple holographic (2 + 1)-dimensional strongly coupled electron fluid whose charged states organize themselves into fractionalized and coherent patterns at sufficiently low temperatures. However, we expect that our results are quite generic and applicable to a wide range of systems, including non-holographic. The probes we consider include the entanglement entropy, mutual information, entanglement of purification and the butterfly velocity. The latter turns out to be particularly useful, given the universal connection between momentum and charge diffusion in the vicinity of a black hole horizon. The RT surfaces used to compute the above quantities, though, are largely insensitive to the electric flux in the bulk. To address this deficiency, we propose a generalized entanglement functional that is motivated through the Iyer-Wald formalism, applied to a gravity theory coupled to a U(1) gauge field. We argue that this functional gives rise to a coarse grained measure of entanglement in the boundary theory which is obtained by tracing over (part) of the fractionalized and cohesive charge degrees of freedom. Based on the above, we construct a candidate for an entropic c-function that accounts for the existence of bulk charges. We explore some of its general properties and their significance, and discuss how it can be used to efficiently account for charged degrees of freedom across different energy scales.

Entanglement entropy in Abelian gauge theories

2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1601-1605
Author(s):  
P. V. Buividovich ◽  
M. I. Polikarpov
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Abelian Gauge

scholarly journals N$$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 conformal gauge theories at large R-charge: the SU(N) case

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Beccaria ◽  
Francesco Galvagno ◽  
Azeem Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Conformal Gauge

scholarly journals SOUND WAVES IN STRONGLY COUPLED NON-CONFORMAL GAUGE THEORY PLASMA

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (27) ◽  
pp. 6298-6306 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAOLO BENINCASA
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Bulk Viscosity ◽  
Speed Of Sound ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Temperature Limit ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Conformal Theory ◽  
High Temperature Limit ◽  
Conformal Gauge

Gauge/string correspondence provides an efficient method to investigate gauge theories. In this talk we discuss the results of the paper (to appear) by P. Benincasa, A. Buchel and A. O. Starinets, where the propagation of sound waves is studied in a strongly coupled non-conformal gauge theory plasma. In particular, a prediction for the speed of sound as well as for the bulk viscosity is made for the [Formula: see text] gauge theory in the high temperature limit. As expected, the results achieved show a deviation from the speed of sound and the bulk viscosity for a conformal theory. It is pointed out that such results depend on the particular gauge theory considered.

scholarly journals Vacuum states of mass deformations of and conformal gauge theories and their brane interpretations

2001 ◽  
Vol 609 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen G. Naculich ◽  
Howard J. Schnitzer ◽  
Niclas Wyllard
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Vacuum States ◽  
Conformal Gauge

NEARLY CONFORMAL GAUGE THEORIES ON THE LATTICE

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (27n28) ◽  
pp. 5162-5174 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZOLTÁN FODOR ◽  
KIERAN HOLLAND ◽  
JULIUS KUTI ◽  
DÁNIEL NÓGRÁDI ◽  
CHRIS SCHROEDER
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Chiral Symmetry ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Matrix Theory ◽  
Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Chiral Condensate ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Conformal Window ◽  
Running Coupling ◽  
Conformal Gauge

We present selected new results on chiral symmetry breaking in nearly conformal gauge theories with fermions in the fundamental representation of the SU (3) color gauge group. We found chiral symmetry breaking (χSB) for all flavors between Nf = 4 and Nf = 12 with most of the results discussed here for Nf = 4, 8, 12 as we approach the conformal window. To identify χSB we apply several methods which include, within the framework of chiral perturbation theory, the analysis of the Goldstone spectrum in the p -regime and the spectrum of the fermion Dirac operator with eigenvalue distributions of random matrix theory in the ϵ-regime. Chiral condensate enhancement is observed with increasing Nf when the electroweak symmetry breaking scale F is held fixed in technicolor language. Important finite-volume consistency checks from the theoretical understanding of the SU(Nf) rotator spectrum of the δ-regime are discussed. We also consider these gauge theories at Nf = 16 inside the conformal window. Our work on the running coupling is presented separately.1

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