12–17 Jun 2016
University of Ottawa
America/Toronto timezone
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Shape dependence of two-cylinder Renyi entropies for a free boson lattice field theory

16 Jun 2016, 14:30
15m
SITE G0103 (University of Ottawa)

SITE G0103

University of Ottawa

Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant) Condensed Matter and Materials Physics / Physique de la matière condensée et matériaux (DCMMP-DPMCM) R2-5 Quantum Information and Quantum Optics (DCMMP-DAMOPC) / Information quantique et optique quantique (DPMCM-DPAMPC)

Speaker

Denis Dalidovich (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

Description

We study the bipartite von Neumann and $\alpha =2$ Renyi entanglement entropies for a system of free bosons put on a torus cut into two cylinders. The torus is formed out of the $L\times L$ square lattice, and the entropy is supposed to scale as $S = a L + c \gamma (L_A/L) + \cdots$, with $L_A$ being the size of the partitioned region. $c$ and $a$ are some constants and the function $\gamma (L_A/L)$ that is not known analytically is supposed to reflect some universality. We compute $\gamma (L_A/L)$ numerically and compare the results to several candidate functions derived from Quantum Lifshitz model, anti de-Sitter gravity in $3+1$ dimensions, and an Extensive Mutual Information model. Using lattices of different size, we explore the finite-size-scaling behaviour of the residuals for each fit, to attempt to discern which function most effectively describes the thermodynamic limit of the free boson system.

Primary authors

Caleb Cook (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Denis Dalidovich (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Etienne Lantagne-Hurtubise (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Lauren Hayward-Sierens (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Leilee Chojnacki (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Roger Melko (University of Waterloo) Tiffany Vlaar (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

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