Entanglement Entropy of a Scalar Field in a Squeezed State

Autor:	Katsinis, Dimitrios, Pastras, Georgios, Tetradis, Nikolaos
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics
Zdroj:	JHEP 10 (2024) 173
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1007/JHEP10(2024)173
Popis:	We study the entanglement entropy within a spherical region for a free scalar field in a squeezed state in 3+1 dimensions. We show that, even for small squeezing, a volume term appears, whose coefficient is essentially independent of the field mass. This is in line with Page's argument that the entanglement entropy in an arbitrary quantum state is proportional to the number of degrees of freedom of the smaller subsystem. It follows that squeezed states can be considered as arbitrary quantum states, in contrast to the ground or coherent states that give rise to entanglement entropy that is dominated by a term proportional to the area of the entangling surface. Comment: 21 pages, 6 figures. v2: references added. v3 version published in JHEP
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03136 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv