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R\'enyi mutual information inequalities from Rindler positivity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-07-30 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Rindler positivity is a property that holds in any relativistic Quantum Field Theory and implies an infinite set of inequalities involving the exponential of the R\'enyi mutual information In(Ai,Aˉj)I_n(A_i,\bar{A}_j) between AiA_i and Aˉj\bar{A}_j, where AiA_i is a spacelike region in the right Rindler wedge and Aˉj\bar{A}_j is the wedge reflection of AjA_j. We explore these inequalities in order to get local inequalities for In(A,Aˉ)I_n(A,\bar{A}) as a function of the distance between AA and its mirror region Aˉ\bar{A}. We show that the assumption, based on the cluster property of the vacuum, that InI_n goes to zero when the distance goes to infinity, implies the more stringent and simple condition that Fne(n1)InF_n\equiv{e}^{(n-1)I_n} should be a completely monotonic function of the distance, meaning that all the even (odd) derivatives are non-negative (non-positive). In the case of a CFT in 1+1 dimensions, we show that conformal invariance implies stronger conditions, including a sort of monotonicity of the R\'enyi mutual information for pairs of intervals. An application of these inequalities to obtain constraints for the OPE coefficients of the 44-point function of certain twist operators is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1909.03144,
  title  = {R\'enyi mutual information inequalities from Rindler positivity},
  author = {David Blanco and Leandro Lanosa and Mauricio Leston and Guillem Pérez-Nadal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.03144},
  year   = {2021}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures