Edge states and entanglement entropy

被引:22
作者
Balachandran, AP [1 ]
Momen, A [1 ]
Chandar, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORIDA,DEPT PHYS,GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A | 1997年 / 12卷 / 03期
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10.1142/S0217751X97000578
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
It is known that gauge fields defined on manifolds with spatial boundaries support states localized at the boundaries. In this paper, we demonstrate how coarse-graining over these states can lead to an entanglement entropy. In particular, we show that the entanglement entropy of the ground state for the quantum Hall effect on a disk exhibits an approximate ''area'' law.
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页码:625 / 641
页数:17
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