Entanglement hamiltonian and entanglement contour in inhomogeneous 1D critical systems. (25th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tonni, Erik; Rodríguez-Laguna, Javier; Sierra, Germán
• Is Part Of: Journal of statistical mechanics. (2018:Apr.)
• Publication Date: 2018-04-25
• Subjects: 1 -- 2; Statistical mechanics -- Periodicals; Mechanics -- Statistical methods -- Periodicals; 530.1305
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/aab67d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-5468

Abstract

Abstract: Inhomogeneous quantum critical systems in one spatial dimension have been studied by using conformal field theory in static curved backgrounds. Two interesting examples are the free fermion gas in the harmonic trap and the inhomogeneous XX spin chain called rainbow chain. For conformal field theories defined on static curved spacetimes characterised by a metric which is Weyl equivalent to the flat metric, with the Weyl factor depending only on the spatial coordinate, we study the entanglement hamiltonian and the entanglement spectrum of an interval adjacent to the boundary of a segment where the same boundary condition is imposed at the endpoints. A contour function for the entanglement entropies corresponding to this configuration is also considered, being closely related to the entanglement hamiltonian. The analytic expressions obtained by considering the curved spacetime which characterises the rainbow model have been checked against numerical data for the rainbow chain, finding an excellent agreement.