Entanglement Entropy of Disjoint Regions in Excited States : An Operator Method

We develop the computational method of entanglement entropy based on the idea that $Tr\rho_{\Omega}^n$ is written as the expectation value of the local operator, where $\rho_{\Omega}$ is a density matrix of the subsystem $\Omega$. We apply it to consider the mutual Renyi information $I^{(n)}(A,B)=S^{(n)}_A+S^{(n)}_B-S^{(n)}_{A\cup B}$ of disjoint compact spatial regions $A$ and $B$ in the locally excited states defined by acting the local operators at $A$ and $B$ on the vacuum of a $(d+1)$-dimensional field theory, in the limit when the separation $r$ between $A$ and $B$ is much greater than their sizes $R_{A,B}$. For the general QFT which has a mass gap, we compute $I^{(n)}(A,B)$ explicitly and find that this result is interpreted in terms of an entangled state in quantum mechanics. For a free massless scalar field, we show that for some classes of excited states, $I^{(n)}(A,B)-I^{(n)}(A,B)|_{r \rightarrow \infty} =C^{(n)}_{AB}/r^{\alpha (d-1)}$ where $\alpha=1$ or 2 which is determined by the property of the local operators under the transformation $\phi \rightarrow -\phi$ and $\alpha=2$ for the vacuum state. We give a method to compute $C^{(2)}_{AB}$ systematically.Comment: 22 pages; v3, typos corrected, published versio

Volume Law for the Entanglement Entropy in Non-local QFTs

In this paper, we present a simple class of non-local field theories whose ground state entanglement entropy follows a volume law as long as the size of subsystem is smaller than a certain scale. We will confirm this volume law both from numerical calculations and from analytical estimation. This behavior fits nicely with holographic results for spacetimes whose curvatures are much smaller than AdS spaces such as those in the flat spacetime.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figures; v2, added reference

Entanglement between Two Interacting CFTs and Generalized Holographic Entanglement Entropy

In this paper we discuss behaviors of entanglement entropy between two interacting CFTs and its holographic interpretation using the AdS/CFT correspondence. We explicitly perform analytical calculations of entanglement entropy between two free scalar field theories which are interacting with each other in both static and time-dependent ways. We also conjecture a holographic calculation of entanglement entropy between two interacting $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theories by introducing a minimal surface in the S$^5$ direction, instead of the AdS$_5$ direction. This offers a possible generalization of holographic entanglement entropy.Comment: 37 pages, 7 figures, v2: typos corrected, references added, v3: a ref. + a clarification note about minimal surfaces adde

EPR Pairs, Local Projections and Quantum Teleportation in Holography

In this paper we analyze three quantum operations in two dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs): local projection measurements, creations of partial entanglement between two CFTs, and swapping of subsystems between two CFTs. We also give their holographic duals and study time evolutions of entanglement entropy. By combining these operations, we present an analogue of quantum teleportation between two CFTs and give its holographic realization. We introduce a new quantity to probe tripartite entanglement by using local projection measurement.Comment: 61 pages, 24 figures. v2: comments and refs added. v3: minor correction

Gravity Dual of Quantum Information Metric

We study a quantum information metric (or fidelity susceptibility) in conformal field theories with respect to a small perturbation by a primary operator. We argue that its gravity dual is approximately given by a volume of maximal time slice in an AdS spacetime when the perturbation is exactly marginal. We confirm our claim in several examples.Comment: 5 pages plus appendices, Revtex, 2 figure

cMERA as Surface/State Correspondence in AdS/CFT

We present how the surface/state correspondence, conjectured in arXiv:1503.03542, works in the setup of AdS3/CFT2 by generalizing the formulation of cMERA. The boundary states in conformal field theories play a crucial role in our formulation and the bulk diffeomorphism is naturally taken into account. We give an identification of bulk local operators which reproduces correct scalar field solutions on AdS3 and bulk scalar propagators. We also calculate the information metric for a locally excited state and show that it is given by that of 2d hyperbolic manifold, which is argued to describe the time slice of AdS3.Comment: 8 pages, Revtex, 3 figures; comments added, a derivation of bulk propagators is adde