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Entanglement negativity in decohered topological states

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-02-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We investigate universal entanglement signatures of mixed-state phases obtained by decohering pure-state topological order (TO), focusing on topological corrections to logarithmic entanglement negativity and mutual information: topological entanglement negativity (TEN) and topological mutual information (TMI). For Abelian TOs under decoherence, we develop a replica field-theory framework based on a doubled-state construction that relates TEN and TMI to the quantum dimensions of domain-wall defects between decoherence-induced topological boundary conditions, yielding general expressions in the strong-decoherence regime. We further compute TEN and TMI exactly for decohered GG-graded string-net states, including cases with non-Abelian anyons. We interpret the results within the strong one-form-symmetry framework for mixed-state TOs: TMI probes the total quantum dimension of the emergent premodular anyon theory, whereas TEN detects only its modular part.

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@article{arxiv.2602.16597,
  title  = {Entanglement negativity in decohered topological states},
  author = {Kang-Le Cai and Meng Cheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.16597},
  year   = {2026}
}

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17 pages, 5 figures