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c-theorem of the entanglement entropy

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-12-05 v1

Abstract

We holographically investigate the renormalization group flow in a two-dimensional conformal field theory deformed by a relevant operator. If the relevant operator allows another fixed point, the UV conformal field theory smoothly flows to a new IR conformal field theory. From the holographic point of view, such a renormalization group flow can be realized as a dual geometry interpolating two different AdS boundaries. On this interpolating geometry, we investigate how the c-function of the entanglement entropy behaves along the RG flow analyt- ically and numerically, which reproduces the expected central charges of UV and IR. We also show that the c-function monotonically decreases from UV to IR without any phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.1806.09072,
  title  = {c-theorem of the entanglement entropy},
  author = {Chanyong Park and Daeho Ro and Jung Hun Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.09072},
  year   = {2018}
}

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24 pages, 8 figures