Entanglement viscosity to entropy density ratio for spin-3/2 theory
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| author | Khakimov, R. V. Prokhorov, G. Yu. Teryaev, O. V. |
| author_facet | Khakimov, R. V. Prokhorov, G. Yu. Teryaev, O. V. |
| contents | It is known that the Minkowski vacuum appears as a thermal medium to an accelerated observer due to the renowned Unruh effect. More recently, it has been shown that at least for lower-spin fields this medium also exhibits a non-zero "entanglement" shear viscosity, which saturates the fundamental Kovtun-Son-Starinets (KSS) bound. We test the universality of this result for higher spins by computing the entanglement viscosity for spin-3/2 fields within the Rarita-Schwinger-Adler (RSA) theory. Strikingly, we obtain a negative viscosity. However, computing the entropy density using the modular Hamiltonian expansion method, we find it is also negative, and the viscosity to entropy ratio saturates the KSS bound. To clarify the origin of the negativity, we use another approach of Zubarev density operator, which gives positive entropy. We also show that RSA theory has many features of a conformal field theory. |
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| spellingShingle | Entanglement viscosity to entropy density ratio for spin-3/2 theory Khakimov, R. V. Prokhorov, G. Yu. Teryaev, O. V. High Energy Physics - Theory It is known that the Minkowski vacuum appears as a thermal medium to an accelerated observer due to the renowned Unruh effect. More recently, it has been shown that at least for lower-spin fields this medium also exhibits a non-zero "entanglement" shear viscosity, which saturates the fundamental Kovtun-Son-Starinets (KSS) bound. We test the universality of this result for higher spins by computing the entanglement viscosity for spin-3/2 fields within the Rarita-Schwinger-Adler (RSA) theory. Strikingly, we obtain a negative viscosity. However, computing the entropy density using the modular Hamiltonian expansion method, we find it is also negative, and the viscosity to entropy ratio saturates the KSS bound. To clarify the origin of the negativity, we use another approach of Zubarev density operator, which gives positive entropy. We also show that RSA theory has many features of a conformal field theory. |
| title | Entanglement viscosity to entropy density ratio for spin-3/2 theory |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22409 |