کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1840444 1527725 2015 35 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Entanglement negativity and entropy in non-equilibrium conformal field theory
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
منفی بودن انتگرال و آنتروپی در نظریه میدان همبستگی غیر تعادل
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه ریاضیات فیزیک ریاضی
چکیده انگلیسی

We study the dynamics of the entanglement in one-dimensional critical quantum systems after a local quench in which two independently thermalized semi-infinite halves are joined to form a homogeneous infinite system and left to evolve unitarily. We show that under certain conditions a nonequilibrium steady state (NESS) is reached instantaneously as soon as the entanglement interval is within the light cone emanating from the contact point. In this steady state, the exact expressions for the entanglement entropy and the logarithmic negativity are in agreement with the steady state density matrix being a boosted thermal state, as expected. We derive various general identities: relating the negativity after the quench with unequal left and right initial temperatures with that where the left and right temperatures are equal; and relating these with the negativity in equilibrium thermal states. In certain regimes the resulting expressions can be analytically evaluated. Immediately after the interval intersects the light cone, we find logarithmic growth. For a very long interval, we find that the negativity approaches a plateau after sufficiently long times, different from its NESS value. The NESS value is reached instantly as soon as the entire interval is contained in the light cone. This provides a theoretical framework explaining recently obtained numerical results.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Nuclear Physics B - Volume 898, September 2015, Pages 78–112
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