Universality of Rényi Entropy in Conformal Field Theory

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Auteurs principaux: Kusuki, Yuya, Ooguri, Hirosi, Pal, Sridip
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author Kusuki, Yuya
Ooguri, Hirosi
Pal, Sridip
author_facet Kusuki, Yuya
Ooguri, Hirosi
Pal, Sridip
contents We use the thermal effective theory to prove that, for the vacuum state in any conformal field theory in $d$ dimensions, the $n$-th Rényi entropy $S_A^{(n)}$ behaves as $S_A^{(n)} = \frac{f}{(2πn)^{d-1}} \frac{ {\rm Area}(\partial A)}{(d-2)ε^{d-2}}\left(1+O(n)\right)$ in the $n \rightarrow 0$ limit when the boundary of the entanglement domain $A$ is spherical with the UV cutoff $ε$.The theory dependence is encapsulated in the cosmological constant $f$ in the thermal effective action. Using this result, we estimate the density of states for large eigenvalues of the modular Hamiltonian for the domain $A$. In two dimensions, we can use the hot spot idea to derive more powerful formulas valid for arbitrary positive $n$. We discuss the difference between two and higher dimensions and clarify the applicability of the hot spot idea. We also use the thermal effective theory to derive an analog of the Cardy formula for boundary operators in higher dimensions.
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spellingShingle Universality of Rényi Entropy in Conformal Field Theory
Kusuki, Yuya
Ooguri, Hirosi
Pal, Sridip
High Energy Physics - Theory
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
We use the thermal effective theory to prove that, for the vacuum state in any conformal field theory in $d$ dimensions, the $n$-th Rényi entropy $S_A^{(n)}$ behaves as $S_A^{(n)} = \frac{f}{(2πn)^{d-1}} \frac{ {\rm Area}(\partial A)}{(d-2)ε^{d-2}}\left(1+O(n)\right)$ in the $n \rightarrow 0$ limit when the boundary of the entanglement domain $A$ is spherical with the UV cutoff $ε$.The theory dependence is encapsulated in the cosmological constant $f$ in the thermal effective action. Using this result, we estimate the density of states for large eigenvalues of the modular Hamiltonian for the domain $A$. In two dimensions, we can use the hot spot idea to derive more powerful formulas valid for arbitrary positive $n$. We discuss the difference between two and higher dimensions and clarify the applicability of the hot spot idea. We also use the thermal effective theory to derive an analog of the Cardy formula for boundary operators in higher dimensions.
title Universality of Rényi Entropy in Conformal Field Theory
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.24353