scholarly journals Entanglement Entropy in Lifshitz Theories

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Temple He ◽  
Javier Magan ◽  
Stefan Vandoren
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Dynamical Exponent ◽  
Dynamical Exponents ◽  
Area Law

We discuss and compute entanglement entropy (EE) in (1+1)-dimensional free Lifshitz scalar field theories with arbitrary dynamical exponents. We consider both the subinterval and periodic sublattices in the discretized theory as subsystems. In both cases, we are able to analytically demonstrate that the EE grows linearly as a function of the dynamical exponent. Furthermore, for the subinterval case, we determine that as the dynamical exponent increases, there is a crossover from an area law to a volume law. Lastly, we deform Lifshitz field theories with certain relevant operators and show that the EE decreases from the ultraviolet to the infrared fixed point, giving evidence for a possible cc-theorem for deformed Lifshitz theories.

scholarly journals On the renormalization of entanglement entropy

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Yi Pang ◽  
Jiunn-Wei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Black Hole Entropy ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Replica Trick ◽  
Dimensional Spacetime

AbstractThe renormalization of entanglement entropy of quantum field theories is investigated in the simplest setting with a λϕ4 scalar field theory. The 3+1 dimensional spacetime is separated into two regions by an infinitely flat 2-dimensional interface. The entanglement entropy of the system across the interface has an elegant geometrical interpretation using the replica trick, which requires putting the field theory on a curved spacetime background. We demonstrate that the theory, and hence the entanglement entropy, is renormalizable at order λ once all the relevant operators up to dimension 4 are included in the action. This exercise has a one-to-one correspondence to entanglement entropy interpretation of the black hole entropy which suggests that our treatment is sensible. Our study suggests that entanglement entropy is renormalizable and is a physical quantity.

scholarly journals Holographic entanglement entropy in cutoff AdS

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (36) ◽  
pp. 1850226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanyong Park
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Dimensional Sphere ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Holographic Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Length Contraction

We investigate the holographic entanglement entropy of deformed conformal field theories which are dual to a cutoff AdS space. The holographic entanglement entropy evaluated on a three-dimensional Poincaré AdS space with a finite cutoff can be reinterpreted as that of the dual field theory deformed by either a boost or [Formula: see text] deformation. For the boost case, we show that, although it trivially acts on the underlying theory, it nontrivially affects the entanglement entropy due to the length contraction. For a three-dimensional AdS, we show that the effect of the boost transformation can be reinterpreted as the rescaling of the energy scale, similar to the [Formula: see text] deformation. Under the boost and [Formula: see text] deformation, the [Formula: see text]-function of the entanglement entropy exactly shows the features expected by the Zamolodchikov’s [Formula: see text]-theorem. The deformed theory is always stationary at a UV fixed point and monotonically flows to another CFT in the IR fixed point. We also show that the holographic entanglement entropy in a Poincaré cutoff AdS space can reproduce the exact same result of the [Formula: see text] deformed theory on a two-dimensional sphere.

scholarly journals Area law of connected correlation function in higher dimensional conformal field theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Long
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Black Hole Entropy ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Leading Term ◽  
Area Law

Abstract We present a new area law which is associated with the correlator of OPE blocks in higher dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs). The area law shows similar behaviour as black hole entropy or geometric entanglement entropy. It includes a leading term which is proportional to the area of the entanglement surface, and a logarithmic subleading term with degree q. We extract the UV cutoff independent coefficients and discuss various properties of the coefficients.

scholarly journals Defects and perturbation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico M. Brehm
Keyword(s):  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Topological Defects ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Conformal Field

Abstract We investigate perturbatively tractable deformations of topological defects in two-dimensional conformal field theories. We perturbatively compute the change in the g-factor, the reflectivity, and the entanglement entropy of the conformal defect at the end of these short RG flows. We also give instances of such flows in the diagonal Virasoro and Super-Virasoro Minimal Models.

scholarly journals Entanglement entropy in low-energy field theories at a finite chemical potential

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Morera ◽  
Irénée Frérot ◽  
Artur Polls ◽  
Bruno Juliá-Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Energy Field

scholarly journals Target space entanglement in quantum mechanics of fermions and matrices

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotaro Sugishita
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Information ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Algebraic Approach ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Single Interval ◽  
Area Law ◽  
Formula Expression

Abstract We consider entanglement of first-quantized identical particles by adopting an algebraic approach. In particular, we investigate fermions whose wave functions are given by the Slater determinants, as for singlet sectors of one-matrix models. We show that the upper bounds of the general Rényi entropies are N log 2 for N particles or an N × N matrix. We compute the target space entanglement entropy and the mutual information in a free one-matrix model. We confirm the area law: the single-interval entropy for the ground state scales as $$ \frac{1}{3} $$ 1 3 log N in the large N model. We obtain an analytical $$ \mathcal{O}\left({N}^0\right) $$ O N 0 expression of the mutual information for two intervals in the large N expansion.

scholarly journals Monte Carlo and renormalization-group effective potentials in scalar field theories

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 7017-7025 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Shepard ◽  
V. Dmitrašinović ◽  
J. A. McNeil
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Effective Potentials

scholarly journals Canonical Quantization of the Scalar Field: The Measure Theoretic Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Velhinho
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Canonical Quantization ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Fields ◽  
Theoretical Methods ◽  
Local Properties ◽  
Free Scalar ◽  
Free Fields ◽  
Field Behaviour

This review is devoted to measure theoretical methods in the canonical quantization of scalar field theories. We present in some detail the canonical quantization of the free scalar field. We study the measures associated with the free fields and present two characterizations of the support of these measures. The first characterization concerns local properties of the quantum fields, whereas for the second one we introduce a sequence of variables that test the field behaviour at large distances, thus allowing distinguishing between the typical quantum fields associated with different values of the mass.

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