Entanglement entropy for non-coplanar regions in quantum field theory

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/21/215015zbMATH Open1230.83056arXiv1103.4400OpenAlexW2051575528MaRDI QIDQ3102276FDOQ3102276

Authors: David D. Blanco, Horacio Casini 

Publication date: 2 December 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the entanglement entropy in a relativistic quantum field theory for regions which are not included in a single spatial hyperplane. This geometric configuration cannot be treated with the Euclidean time method and the replica trick. Instead, we use a real time method to calculate the entropy for a massive free Dirac field in two dimensions in some approximations. We find some specifically relativistic features of the entropy. First, there is a large enhancement of entanglement due to boosts. As a result, the mutual information between relatively boosted regions does not vanish in the limit of zero volume and large relative boost. We also find extensivity of the information in a deeply Lorentzian regime with large violations of the triangle inequalities for the distances. This last effect is relevant to an interpretation of the amount of entropy enclosed in the Hawking radiation emitted by a black hole.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.4400

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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