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Multi-entropy from Linking in Chern-Simons Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-10-22 v1 Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the multipartite entanglement structure of quantum states prepared by the Euclidean path integral over three-manifolds with multiple torus boundaries (the so-called link states) in both Abelian and non-Abelian Chern-Simons theories. For three-component link states in the Abelian theory, we derive an explicit formula for the R\'enyi multi-entropy in terms of linking numbers. We further show that the genuine multi-entropy faithfully quantifies the tripartite entanglement generated by GHZ-states, consistent with the fact that the prepared states are stabilizer states.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.18408,
  title  = {Multi-entropy from Linking in Chern-Simons Theory},
  author = {Ma-Ke Yuan and Mingyi Li and Yang Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18408},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

34 pages, 10 figures

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