Fun with replicas: tripartitions in tensor networks and gravity

Abstract: We introduce a new correlation measure for tripartite pure states that we call

G (A : B : C)

. The quantity is symmetric with respect to the subsystems

A

,

B

,

C

, invariant under local unitaries, and is bounded from above by

l o g d_{A} d_{B}

. For random tensor network states, we prove that

G (A : B : C)

is equal to the size of the minimal tripartition of the tensor network, i.e., the logarithmic bond dimension of the smallest cut that partitions the network into three components with

A

,

B

, and

C

. We argue that for holographic states with a fixed spatial geometry,

G (A : B : C)

is similarly computed by the minimal area tripartition. For general holographic states,

G (A : B : C)

is determined by the minimal area tripartition in a backreacted geometry, but a smoothed version is equal to the minimal tripartition in an unbackreacted geometry at leading order. We briefly discuss a natural family of quantities

G_{n} (A : B : C)

for integer

n g e q 2

that generalize

G = G_{2}

. In holography, the computation of

G_{n} (A : B : C)

for

n > 2

spontaneously breaks part of a

m a t h b b Z_{n} i m e s m a t h b b Z_{n}

replica symmetry. This prevents any naive application of the Lewkowycz-Maldacena trick in a hypothetical analytic continuation to

n = 1

.

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