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Entanglement wedge cross-section in shock wave geometries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-08-11 v2

Abstract

We consider reflected entropy in a thermofield double state perturbed by a heavy operator insertion. For sufficiently early operator insertions the dual geometry can be described by a localized shock wave geometry. We calculate the entanglement wedge cross-section in this geometry for symmetric intervals and find that it matches precisely with the CFT result for sufficiently late times. Our result exhibits a plateau before going to zero, a behaviour similar to the one observed recently in the context of global quantum quenches. We find that at high temperatures this behaviour is properly captured by the line-tension picture.

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@article{arxiv.2006.10625,
  title  = {Entanglement wedge cross-section in shock wave geometries},
  author = {Jan Boruch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.10625},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

19 pages, 4 figures; v2 typos fixed, references added