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arXiv:2111.07927 (quant-ph)
[Submitted on 15 Nov 2021 (v1), last revised 25 May 2022 (this version, v2)]

Title:Entanglement entropy in critical quantum spin chains with boundaries and defects

Authors:Ananda Roy, Hubert Saleur
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Abstract:Entanglement entropy (EE) in critical quantum spin chains described by 1+1D conformal field theories contains signatures of the universal characteristics of the field theory. Boundaries and defects in the spin chain give rise to universal contributions in the EE. In this work, we analyze these universal contributions for the critical Ising and XXZ spin chains for different conformal boundary conditions and defects. For the spin chains with boundaries, we use the boundary states for the corresponding continuum theories to compute the subleading contribution to the EE analytically and provide supporting numerical computation for the spin chains. Subsequently, we analyze the behavior of EE in the presence of conformal defects for the two spin chains and describe the change in both the leading logarithmic and subleading terms in the EE.
Comments: 14 pages, 6 figures, Chapter in Entanglement in Spin Chains - Theory and Quantum Technology Applications, Springer
Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
Cite as: arXiv:2111.07927 [quant-ph]
  (or arXiv:2111.07927v2 [quant-ph] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.07927

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From: Ananda Roy [view email]
[v1] Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:32:46 UTC (288 KB)
[v2] Wed, 25 May 2022 11:54:12 UTC (288 KB)
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