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Auteurs principaux: Landry, Robin, Moffat, John
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Publié: 2023
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06576
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author Landry, Robin
Moffat, John
author_facet Landry, Robin
Moffat, John
contents We discuss the nonlocal nature of quantum mechanics and the link with relativistic quantum mechanics such as formulated by quantum field theory. We use here a nonlocal quantum field theory (NLQFT) which is finite, satisfies Poincaré invariance, unitarity and microscopic causality. This nonlocal quantum field theory associates infinite derivative entire functions with propagators and vertices. We focus on proving causality and discussing its importance when constructing a relativistic field theory. We formulate scalar field theory using the functional integral in order to characterize quantum entanglement and the entanglement entropy of the theory. Using the replica trick, we compute the entanglement entropy for the theory in 3 + 1 dimensions on a cone. The result is free of UV divergences and we recover the area law.
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spellingShingle Nonlocal Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Entanglement
Landry, Robin
Moffat, John
High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
We discuss the nonlocal nature of quantum mechanics and the link with relativistic quantum mechanics such as formulated by quantum field theory. We use here a nonlocal quantum field theory (NLQFT) which is finite, satisfies Poincaré invariance, unitarity and microscopic causality. This nonlocal quantum field theory associates infinite derivative entire functions with propagators and vertices. We focus on proving causality and discussing its importance when constructing a relativistic field theory. We formulate scalar field theory using the functional integral in order to characterize quantum entanglement and the entanglement entropy of the theory. Using the replica trick, we compute the entanglement entropy for the theory in 3 + 1 dimensions on a cone. The result is free of UV divergences and we recover the area law.
title Nonlocal Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Entanglement
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06576