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Interacting CFTs for all couplings: Thermal versus Entanglement Entropy at Large $N$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-11-09 v5 Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this paper, I calculate the large NN limit of marginal O(N)O(N) models with non-polynomial potentials in arbitrary odd dimensions dd. This results in a new class of interacting pure conformal field theories (CFTs) in d=3+4nd=3+4n for any nZ+n \in \mathbb{Z}_+. Similarly, in d=3+4nd=3+4n I calculate the thermal entropy for all couplings on R2+4n×S1R^{2+4n} \times S^1 for n=0,1,2,3n=0,1,2,3. In 2+1 dimensions I find the strong-to-weak coupling ratio of the thermal entropy to be 4/5, matching recent results, and further extend this analysis to higher odd dimensions. Next, I calculated the vacuum entanglement entropy sEEds^d_{\text{EE}} on Sd2S^{d-2} for all couplings in arbitrary odd dd in the large N limit. I find the vacuum entanglement entropy on Sd2S^{d-2} to be not only solvable but also constant for all couplings λ\lambda. Thus, in the large NN limit, the vacuum entanglement entropy on Sd2S^{d-2} for odd dd is constant for all λ\lambda, in contrast to the thermal entropy which is shown to also be monotonically decreasing with λ\lambda in d=3+4nd=3+4n.

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@article{arxiv.2205.15383,
  title  = {Interacting CFTs for all couplings: Thermal versus Entanglement Entropy at Large $N$},
  author = {Seth Grable},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.15383},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Entanglement Entropy, Conformal Field Theory, Fractional Interactions