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Curved Corner Contribution to the Entanglement Entropy in an Anisotropic Spacetime

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-10-25 v4

Abstract

In this article, we explore the divergences and universal terms of the holographic entanglement entropy for singular regions in anisotropic and nonconformal theories that are holographically dual to geometries with a hyperscaling violation, parameterized by two parameters zz and θ\theta. We study a curved corner in anisotropic space with arbitrary θ\theta and zz. We choose the region to be shape invariant under the scaling of spacetime. For this case, we show that the contribution of the singularity to the entanglement entropy depends on zz and θ\theta values. We identify the structure of various divergences that may appear, especially those which give rise to a universal contribution in the form of logarithmic or double logarithmic terms. In the range z>1z>1, for values z=2k/(2k1)z=2k/(2k-1) with some integer kk and θ=0\theta=0, Lifshitz geometry, we find a double logarithmic term. In the range z<0z<0, for values θ=12nz1\theta=1-2n|z-1| with some integer nn we find a logarithmic term.

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@article{arxiv.1905.01675,
  title  = {Curved Corner Contribution to the Entanglement Entropy in an Anisotropic Spacetime},
  author = {Mostafa Ghasemi and Shahrokh Parvizi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.01675},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

19 pages, 2 figs; v2: introduction and conclusion expanded, refs added; v3: 25 pages, 2 figs, the case of curved corner in a symmetric space-time added, organization improved, refs added. v4: 21 pages, the case of curved corner in a symmetric space-time removed because of nonreliable results