Entanglement gap, corners, and symmetry breaking

DOI10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.10.3.056arXiv2010.00787MaRDI QIDQ6350366FDOQ6350366

Vincenzo Alba

Publication date: 1 October 2020

Abstract: We investigate the finite-size scaling of the lowest entanglement gap $deltaxi$ in the ordered phase of the two-dimensional quantum spherical model (QSM). The entanglement gap decays as $deltaxi=Omega/sqrtLln(L)$. This is in contrast with the purely logarithmic behaviour as $deltaxi=p{i}^2/ln(L)$ at the critical point. The faster decay in the ordered phase reflects the presence of magnetic order. We analytically determine the constant $Omega$, which depends on the low-energy part of the model dispersion and on the geometry of the bipartition. In particular, we are able to compute the corner contribution to $Omega$, at least for the case of a square corner.

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