19 research outputs found
On the sharpness of the zero-entropy-density conjecture
The zero-entropy-density conjecture states that the entropy density, defined
as the limit of S(N)/N at infinity, vanishes for all translation-invariant pure
states on the spin chain. Or equivalently, S(N), the von Neumann entropy of
such a state restricted to N consecutive spins, is sublinear. In this paper it
is proved that this conjecture cannot be sharpened, i.e., translation-invariant
states give rise to arbitrary fast sublinear entropy growth. The proof is
constructive, and is based on a class of states derived from quasifree states
on a CAR algebra. The question whether the entropy growth of pure quasifree
states can be arbitrary fast sublinear was first raised by Fannes et al. [J.
Math. Phys. 44, 6005 (2003)]. In addition to the main theorem it is also shown
that the entropy asymptotics of all pure shift-invariant nontrivial quasifree
states is at least logarithmic.Comment: 11 pages, references added, corrected typo
Entanglement negativity bounds for fermionic Gaussian states
The entanglement negativity is a versatile measure of entanglement that has
numerous applications in quantum information and in condensed matter theory. It
can not only efficiently be computed in the Hilbert space dimension, but for
non-interacting bosonic systems, one can compute the negativity efficiently in
the number of modes. However, such an efficient computation does not carry over
to the fermionic realm, the ultimate reason for this being that the partial
transpose of a fermionic Gaussian state is no longer Gaussian. To provide a
remedy for this state of affairs, in this work we introduce efficiently
computable and rigorous upper and lower bounds to the negativity, making use of
techniques of semi-definite programming, building upon the Lagrangian
formulation of fermionic linear optics, and exploiting suitable products of
Gaussian operators. We discuss examples in quantum many-body theory and hint at
applications in the study of topological properties at finite temperature.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
Entanglement in the XX spin chain with an energy current
We consider the ground state of the XX chain that is constrained to carry a
current of energy. The von Neumann entropy of a block of neighboring spins,
describing entanglement of the block with the rest of the chain, is computed.
Recent calculations have revealed that the entropy in the XX model diverges
logarithmically with the size of the subsystem. We show that the presence of
the energy current increases the prefactor of the logarithmic growth. This
result indicates that the emergence of the energy current gives rise to an
increase of entanglement.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Exact relationship between the entanglement entropies of XY and quantum Ising chains
We consider two prototypical quantum models, the spin-1/2 XY chain and the
quantum Ising chain and study their entanglement entropy, S(l,L), of blocks of
l spins in homogeneous or inhomogeneous systems of length L. By using two
different approaches, free-fermion techniques and perturbational expansion, an
exact relationship between the entropies is revealed. Using this relation we
translate known results between the two models and obtain, among others, the
additive constant of the entropy of the critical homogeneous quantum Ising
chain and the effective central charge of the random XY chain.Comment: 6 page
Entanglement entropy in aperiodic singlet phases
We study the average entanglement entropy of blocks of contiguous spins in
aperiodic XXZ chains which possess an aperiodic singlet phase at least in a
certain limit of the coupling ratios. In this phase, where the ground state
constructed by a real space renormalization group method, consists
(asymptotically) of independent singlet pairs, the average entanglement entropy
is found to be a piecewise linear function of the block size. The enveloping
curve of this function is growing logarithmically with the block size, with an
effective central charge in front of the logarithm which is characteristic for
the underlying aperiodic sequence. The aperiodic sequence producing the largest
effective central charge is identified, and the latter is found to exceed the
central charge of the corresponding homogeneous model. For marginal aperiodic
modulations, numerical investigations performed for the XX model show a
logarithmic dependence, as well, with an effective central charge varying
continuously with the coupling ratio.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figure
Entanglement entropy of aperiodic quantum spin chains
We study the entanglement entropy of blocks of contiguous spins in
non-periodic (quasi-periodic or more generally aperiodic) critical Heisenberg,
XX and quantum Ising spin chains, e.g. in Fibonacci chains. For marginal and
relevant aperiodic modulations, the entanglement entropy is found to be a
logarithmic function of the block size with log-periodic oscillations. The
effective central charge, c_eff, defined through the constant in front of the
logarithm may depend on the ratio of couplings and can even exceed the
corresponding value in the homogeneous system. In the strong modulation limit,
the ground state is constructed by a renormalization group method and the
limiting value of c_eff is exactly calculated. Keeping the ratio of the block
size and the system size constant, the entanglement entropy exhibits a scaling
property, however, the corresponding scaling function may be nonanalytic.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure
On the Universality of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm
The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) is considered to be one
of the most promising approaches towards using near-term quantum computers for
practical application. In its original form, the algorithm applies two
different Hamiltonians, called the mixer and the cost Hamiltonian, in
alternation with the goal being to approach the ground state of the cost
Hamiltonian. Recently, it has been suggested that one might use such a set-up
as a parametric quantum circuit with possibly some other goal than reaching
ground states. From this perspective, a recent work [S. Lloyd,
arXiv:1812.11075] argued that for one-dimensional local cost Hamiltonians,
composed of nearest neighbor ZZ terms, this set-up is quantum computationally
universal, i.e., all unitaries can be reached up to arbitrary precision. In the
present paper, we give the complete proof of this statement and the precise
conditions under which such a one-dimensional QAOA might be considered
universal. We further generalize this type of universality for certain cost
Hamiltonians with ZZ and ZZZ terms arranged according to the adjacency
structure of certain graphs and hypergraphs