The \(g\)-theorem and quantum information theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2016)140zbMATH Open1390.81094arXiv1607.00390WikidataQ64038441 ScholiaQ64038441MaRDI QIDQ1636379

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Publication date: 12 June 2018

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Abstract: We study boundary renormalization group flows between boundary conformal field theories in $1+1$ dimensions using methods of quantum information theory. We define an entropic $g$-function for theories with impurities in terms of the relative entanglement entropy, and we prove that this $g$-function decreases along boundary renormalization group flows. This entropic $g$-theorem is valid at zero temperature, and is independent from the $g$-theorem based on the thermal partition function. We also discuss the mutual information in boundary RG flows, and how it encodes the correlations between the impurity and bulk degrees of freedom. Our results provide a quantum-information understanding of (boundary) RG flow as increase of distinguishability between the UV fixed point and the theory along the RG flow.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.00390

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