Rényi divergences from Euclidean quenches

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2020)094zbMATH Open1436.81112arXiv1912.07210WikidataQ114233601 ScholiaQ114233601MaRDI QIDQ780751FDOQ780751

Justin R. David, Barsha G. Chowdhury, Shouvik Datta

Publication date: 15 July 2020

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the generalisation of relative entropy, the Renyi divergence $$ in 2$d$ CFTs between an excited state density matrix $ho$, created by deforming the Hamiltonian, and the thermal density matrix $$. Using the path integral representation of this quantity as a Euclidean quench, we obtain the leading contribution to the Renyi divergence for deformations by scalar primaries and by conserved holomorphic currents in conformal perturbation theory. Furthermore, we calculate the leading contribution to the Renyi divergence when the conserved current perturbations have inhomogeneous spatial profiles which are versions of the sine-square deformation (SSD). The dependence on the Renyi parameter ($alpha$) of the leading contribution have a universal form for these inhomogeneous deformations and it is identical to that seen in the Renyi divergence of the simple harmonic oscillator perturbed by a linear potential. Our study of these Renyi divergences shows that the family of second laws of thermodynamics, which are equivalent to the monotonicity of Renyi divergences, do indeed provide stronger constraints for allowed transitions compared to the traditional second law.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.07210

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryfield theories in lower dimensionshigher spin symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Quantum entropies (81P17) Higher spin theories (81T11)

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• Entanglement in descendants

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