Universal entanglement for higher dimensional cones
Abstract
The entanglement entropy of a generic -dimensional conformal field theory receives a regulator independent contribution when the entangling region contains a (hyper)conical singularity of opening angle , codified in a function . In arXiv:1505.04804, we proposed that for three-dimensional conformal field theories, the coefficient characterizing the smooth surface limit of such contribution () equals the stress tensor two-point function charge , up to a universal constant. In this paper, we prove this relation for general three-dimensional holographic theories, and extend the result to general dimensions. In particular, we show that a generalized coefficient can be defined for (hyper)conical entangling regions in the almost smooth surface limit, and that this coefficient is universally related to for general holographic theories, providing a general formula for the ratio in arbitrary dimensions. We conjecture that the latter ratio is universal for general CFTs. Further, based on our recent results in arXiv:1507.06997, we propose an extension of this relation to general R\'enyi entropies, which we show passes several consistency checks in and .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1508.00587,
title = {Universal entanglement for higher dimensional cones},
author = {Pablo Bueno and Robert C. Myers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00587},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
22 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables; v3: minor modifications to match published version, references added