An improved 1D area law for frustration-free systems

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVB.85.195145arXiv1111.2970MaRDI QIDQ6228976FDOQ6228976

Authors: Itai Arad, Zeph A. Landau, Umesh V. Vazirani 

Publication date: 12 November 2011

Abstract: We present a new proof for the 1D area law for frustration-free systems with a constant gap, which exponentially improves the entropy bound in Hastings' 1D area law, and which is tight to within a polynomial factor. For particles of dimension $d$, spectral gap $epsilon>0$ and interaction strength of at most $J$, our entropy bound is $S_{1D}leorderof1X^{3}lo{g}^{8}X$ where $XEqDef(Jlogd)/epsilon$. Our proof is completely combinatorial, combining the detectability lemma with basic tools from approximation theory. Incorporating locality into the proof when applied to the 2D case gives an entanglement bound that is at the cusp of being non-trivial in the sense that any further improvement would yield a sub-volume law.

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