Published November 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Entanglement entropy of two disjoint intervals in conformal field theory

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Pisa and INFN, Pisa (Italy)
  • 2. Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP (United Kingdom)

Description

We study the entanglement of two disjoint intervals in the conformal field theory of the Luttinger liquid (free compactified boson). Tr ρAn for any integer n is calculated as the four-point function of twist fields of a particular type and the final result is expressed in a compact form in terms of the Riemann–Siegel theta functions. In the decompactification limit we provide the analytic continuation valid for all model parameters and from this we extract the entanglement entropy. These predictions are checked against existing numerical data

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2009/11/P11001

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-5468/2009/11/P11001;
PII
S1742-5468(09)34816-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Statistical Mechanics
Journal Volume
2009
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
[37 p.]
ISSN
1742-5468

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45034921
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; COMPACTIFICATION; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Descriptors DEC
DATA; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES