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Main Authors: Caribé, João G. A., Guimarães, Marcelo S., Roditi, Itzhak, Sorella, Silvio P., Vieira, Arthur F.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20244
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author Caribé, João G. A.
Guimarães, Marcelo S.
Roditi, Itzhak
Sorella, Silvio P.
Vieira, Arthur F.
author_facet Caribé, João G. A.
Guimarães, Marcelo S.
Roditi, Itzhak
Sorella, Silvio P.
Vieira, Arthur F.
contents We investigate the mass dependence of the Araki-Uhlmann relative entropy between a localized coherent excitation and the vacuum state of a free scalar quantum field on the $(1+d)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime for $d = 1, 2, 3$. In this context, the relative entropy admits a closed expression in terms of the smeared Pauli-Jordan distribution, whose analytic structure is sensitive to both the mass and the spacetime dimensionality. Prior studies in $(1+1)$ dimensions have shown a monotonic decay of the relative entropy with increasing mass. We extend that analysis to higher dimensions using numerical techniques and elucidate how the interplay between dimensionality and mass controls the behavior of the relative entropy. Our results provide new insights for the study of the Araki-Uhlmann relative entropy in QFT and its dependence on physical parameters.
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spellingShingle Mass Dependence of the Araki-Uhlmann Relative Entropy Across Dimensions
Caribé, João G. A.
Guimarães, Marcelo S.
Roditi, Itzhak
Sorella, Silvio P.
Vieira, Arthur F.
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
We investigate the mass dependence of the Araki-Uhlmann relative entropy between a localized coherent excitation and the vacuum state of a free scalar quantum field on the $(1+d)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime for $d = 1, 2, 3$. In this context, the relative entropy admits a closed expression in terms of the smeared Pauli-Jordan distribution, whose analytic structure is sensitive to both the mass and the spacetime dimensionality. Prior studies in $(1+1)$ dimensions have shown a monotonic decay of the relative entropy with increasing mass. We extend that analysis to higher dimensions using numerical techniques and elucidate how the interplay between dimensionality and mass controls the behavior of the relative entropy. Our results provide new insights for the study of the Araki-Uhlmann relative entropy in QFT and its dependence on physical parameters.
title Mass Dependence of the Araki-Uhlmann Relative Entropy Across Dimensions
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20244