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Multi-entropy at low Renyi index in 2d CFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-05-15 v3

Abstract

For a static time slice of AdS3_3 we describe a particular class of minimal surfaces which form trivalent networks of geodesics. Through geometric arguments we provide evidence that these surfaces describe a measure of multipartite entanglement. By relating these surfaces to Ryu-Takayanagi surfaces it can be shown that this multipartite contribution is related to the angles of intersection of the bulk geodesics. A proposed boundary dual, the multi-entropy, generalizes replica trick calculations involving twist operators by considering monodromies with finite group symmetry beyond the cyclic group used for the computation of entanglement entropy. We make progress by providing explicit calculations of Renyi multi-entropy in two dimensional CFTs and geometric descriptions of the replica surfaces for several cases with low genus. We also explore aspects of the free fermion and free scalar CFTs. For the free fermion CFT we examine subtleties in the definition of the twist operators used for the calculation of Renyi multi-entropy. In particular the standard bosonization procedure used for the calculation of the usual entanglement entropy fails and a different treatment is required.

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@article{arxiv.2401.04236,
  title  = {Multi-entropy at low Renyi index in 2d CFTs},
  author = {Jonathan Harper and Tadashi Takayanagi and Takashi Tsuda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.04236},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

50 pages, 21 figures. v2: Minor correction and typos v3: Added information about general multi-trace measures, minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-28T14:11:47.247Z