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When is an area law not an area law?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-06-29 v1 Other Condensed Matter General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

Entanglement entropy is typically proportional to area, but sometimes it acquires an additional logarithmic pre-factor. We offer some intuitive explanations for these facts.

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@article{arxiv.1511.02996,
  title  = {When is an area law not an area law?},
  author = {Anushya Chandran and Chris Laumann and Rafael D. Sorkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.02996},
  year   = {2016}
}

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plainTeX, 12 pages, 3 figures. A more current version may be available at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/rsorkin/some.papers/