Entanglement Entropy of Random Fractional Quantum Hall Systems

Autor: Friedman, B. A., Levine, G. C., Luna, D.
Rok vydání: 2010
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/055006
Popis: The entanglement entropy of the $\nu = 1/3$ and $\nu = 5/2$ quantum Hall states in the presence of short range random disorder has been calculated by direct diagonalization. A microscopic model of electron-electron interaction is used, electrons are confined to a single Landau level and interact with long range Coulomb interaction. For very weak disorder, the values of the topological entanglement entropy are roughly consistent with expected theoretical results. By considering a broader range of disorder strengths, the fluctuation in the entanglement entropy was studied in an effort to detect quantum phase transitions. In particular, there is a clear signature of a transition as a function of the disorder strength for the $\nu = 5/2$ state. Prospects for using the density matrix renormalization group to compute the entanglement entropy for larger system sizes are discussed.
Comment: 29 pages, 16 figures; fixed figures and figure captions; revised fluctuation calculations
Databáze: arXiv