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Main Author: Tierz, Miguel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05356
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  • We derive closed-form asymptotic formulas for the Rényi entanglement entropies of the open XX spin-$1/2$ chain by mapping the underlying determinant of the boundary correlation matrix (which has Toeplitz-plus-Hankel structure) to a Hankel determinant with a positive weight whose large-size asymptotics follow from known Riemann--Hilbert results. An explicit evaluation of the Szegő function yields the leading $2k_F$ oscillatory amplitude and phase. A single variable $s = 2\ell \sin(k_F/2)$ organizes the hard-edge crossover as the Fermi momentum approaches the band edge: the oscillation envelope obeys $s^{\pm1/α}$ power laws and $\ln s$ is the natural leading logarithm for a clean data collapse. For detached blocks the oscillatory amplitude is numerically consistent with a factorization through the conformal cross-ratio. The same framework recovers the open-boundary-condition (OBC) equipartition offset $-\tfrac{1}{2}\log\log\ell$ for symmetry-resolved entropies, together with the known halving of the Gaussian width relative to the periodic chain.