String Theory Seminars
Entanglement entropy for gauge theories
by Prof. Sandip Trivedi (TIFR)
Thursday, January 22, 2015
from
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(Asia/Kolkata)
at A304
at A304
Description |
We propose a definition for the entanglement entropy of a gauge theory on a spatial lattice. Our definition applies to any subset of links in the lattice, and is valid for both Abelian and Non-Abelian gauge theories. For ZN and U(1) theories, without matter, our definition agrees with a particular case of the definition given by Casini, Huerta and Rosabal. We also argue that in general, both for Abelian and Non-Abelian theories, our definition agrees with the entanglement entropy calculated using the replica trick. This definition, however, does not agree with some standard ways to measure entanglement, like the number of Bell pairs which can be produced by entanglement distillation. Reference: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02593 |