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Entanglement entropy and negativity of disjoint intervals in CFT: Some numerical extrapolations

Authors :
De Nobili, Cristiano
Coser, Andrea
Tonni, Erik
Source :
J. Stat. Mech. (2015) P06021
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The entanglement entropy and the logarithmic negativity can be computed in quantum field theory through a method based on the replica limit. Performing these analytic continuations in some cases is beyond our current knowledge, even for simple models. We employ a numerical method based on rational interpolations to extrapolate the entanglement entropy of two disjoint intervals for the conformal field theories given by the free compact boson and the Ising model. The case of three disjoint intervals is studied for the Ising model and the non compact free massless boson. For the latter model, the logarithmic negativity of two disjoint intervals has been also considered. Some of our findings have been checked against existing numerical results obtained from the corresponding lattice models.<br />Comment: 28 pages, 11 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
J. Stat. Mech. (2015) P06021
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1501.04311
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2015/06/P06021