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Symmetry resolved entanglement entropy after an inhomogeneous quench

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-05-27 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We investigate the non-equilibrium time evolution of symmetry-resolved entanglement entropy (SREE) following an inhomogeneous quench in a critical one-dimensional free fermion system. Using conformal field theory, we derive an exact expression for the SREE and analyze its behavior. We find that, at leading order in the long-time limit, the SREE grows logarithmically as logt\log t. While the equipartition of entanglement holds at leading order, we identify subleading corrections that break it. Our numerical simulations corroborate the analytical predictions with excellent agreement.

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@article{arxiv.2504.14661,
  title  = {Symmetry resolved entanglement entropy after an inhomogeneous quench},
  author = {Hui-Huang Chen and Xin-Liang Zhou and Jiayu Yin and Ming Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.14661},
  year   = {2025}
}

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17 pages, 1 figure, references added