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Entanglement Renormalization and Two Dimensional String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-03-29 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum Physics

Abstract

The entanglement renormalization flow of a (1+1) free boson is formulated as a path integral over some auxiliary scalar fields. The resulting effective theory for these fields amounts to the dilaton term of non-critical string theory in two spacetime dimensions. A connection between the scalar fields in the two theories is provided, allowing to acquire novel insights into how a theory of gravity emerges from the entanglement structure of another one without gravity.

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@article{arxiv.1510.09020,
  title  = {Entanglement Renormalization and Two Dimensional String Theory},
  author = {Javier Molina-Vilaplana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.09020},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

20 pages. v3 minor corrections. Accepted for publication in Physics Letters B

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