Published March 15, 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Holographic entanglement entropy for gravitational anomaly in four dimensions

  • 1. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline Street N., Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5 (Canada)
  • 2. Laboratory for Quantum Gravity & Strings, Department of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics,University of Cape Town, Mathematics Building, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700 (South Africa)
  • 3. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study,1 Einstein Dr., Princeton, NJ 08540 (United States)

Description

We compute the holographic entanglement entropy for the anomaly polynomial TrR2 in 3+1 dimensions. Using the perturbative method developed for computing entanglement entropy for quantum field theories, we also compute the parity odd contribution to the entanglement entropy of the dual field theory that comes from a background gravitational Chern-Simons term. We find that, in leading order in the perturbation of the background geometry, the two contributions match except for a logarithmic divergent term on the field theory side. We interpret this extra contribution as encoding our ignorance of the source which creates the perturbation of the geometry.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2017)084; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/19358

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2017
Journal Issue
03
Journal Page Range
p. 84
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49004248
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; DUALITY; ENTROPY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATION; HOLOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP03(2017)084; ARXIV:1611.03415; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:19358
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)