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We compute the supersymmetric R\'enyi entropies across a spherical entanglement surface in N=4 SU(N) SYM theory using localization on the four-dimensional ellipsoid. We extract the leading result at large N and \lambda, and match its…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael Crossley , Ethan Dyer , Julian Sonner

We study the constraints of superconformal symmetry on codimension two defects in four-dimensional superconformal field theories. We show that the one-point function of the stress tensor and the two-point function of the displacement…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-22 Lorenzo Bianchi , Madalena Lemos

The effect of a co--dimension--2 spherical monodromy defect on the free--field theory of a conformal scalar is investigated. The conformal anomaly is computed (in two ways) and thence the R\'enyi and entanglement entropies. The $C_T$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-11 J. S. Dowker

We initiate the study of intersecting surface operators/defects in four-dimensional quantum field theories (QFTs). We characterize these defects by coupled 4d/2d/0d theories constructed by coupling the degrees of freedom localized at a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-24 Jaume Gomis , Bruno Le Floch , Yiwen Pan , Wolfger Peelaers

We study various aspects of half-BPS surface defect operators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. For defects on generic points on the moduli space we use superconformal symmetry to fix the form of one-point and two-point functions of half-BPS…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-20 Adolfo Holguin , Hiroki Kawai

We deform a defect conformal field theory by an exactly marginal bulk operator and we consider the dependence on the marginal coupling of flat and spherical defect expectation values. For even dimensional spherical defects we find a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-25 Lorenzo Bianchi

We explore the role of sandwiched Renyi relative entropy in AdS/CFT and in finite-dimensional models of holographic quantum error correction. In particular, in the context of operator algebra quantum error correction, we discuss a suitable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-19 Reginald J. Caginalp

The modern approach to $m$-form global symmetries in a $d$-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT) entails specifying dimension $d-m-1$ topological generalized symmetry operators which non-trivially link with $m$-dimensional defect…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Ethan Torres , Hao Y. Zhang

An entanglement Renyi entropy for a spatial partition of a system is studied in conformal theories which admit a dual description in terms of an anti-de Sitter gravity. The divergent part of the Renyi entropy is computed in 4D conformal N=4…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 Dmitri V. Fursaev

We study the superconformal index of five-dimensional SCFTs and the sphere partition function of four-dimensional gauge theories with eight supercharges in the presence of co-dimension two half-BPS defects. We derive a prescription which is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-10 Davide Gaiotto , Hee-Cheol Kim

In this paper, we explore the concept of pseudo R\'enyi entropy within the context of quantum field theories (QFTs). The transition matrix is constructed by applying operators situated in different regions to the vacuum state. Specifically,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-15 Wu-zhong Guo , Yaozong Jiang

We study Renyi entropies $S_n$ in quantum error correcting codes and compare the answer to the cosmic brane prescription for computing $\widetilde{S}_n \equiv n^2 \partial_n (\frac{n-1}{n} S_n)$. We find that general operator algebra codes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-05 Chris Akers , Pratik Rath

At a quantum critical point, bipartite entanglement entropies have universal quantities which are subleading to the ubiquitous area law. For Renyi entropies, these terms are known to be similar to the von Neumann entropy, while being much…

We initiate the classification of unitary superconformal defects in unitary superconformal field theories (SCFT) of diverse spacetime dimensions $3\leq d \leq 6$. Our method explores general constraints from the defect superconformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-13 Nathan B. Agmon , Yifan Wang

We present a closed-form expression for the contribution of surface defects to the supersymmetric R\'enyi entropy in six-dimensional $(2,0)$ theories. Our results show that this defect contribution is a linear function of $1/n$ and is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-22 Zi-Xiao Huang , Ma-Ke Yuan , Yang Zhou

We investigate the holographic R\'enyi entropy for two-dimensional $\mathcal N=(2,2)$ superconformal field theory (SCFT), which is dual to $\mathcal N=2$ supergravity in AdS$_3$ background. In SCFT we have the stress tensor, current, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-23 Zhibin Li , Jia-ju Zhang

In this work, we study the real-time evolution of pseudo-(R\'enyi) entropy, a generalization of entanglement entropy, in two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs). We focus on states obtained by acting primary operators located at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-28 Wu-zhong Guo , Song He , Yu-Xuan Zhang

Following the set up in arXiv:1408.3393, we study 4d N=1 superconformal field theories in conic spaces. We show that the universal part of supersymmetric R\'enyi entropy S_q across a spherical entangling surface in the limit q goes to 0 is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-08-14 Yang Zhou

We study type IIB supergravity solutions that are dual to two-dimensional superconformal defects in $d=4$ SCFTs which preserve $\mathcal{N}=(0,2)$ supersymmetry. We consider solutions dual to defects in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory that have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-24 Igal Arav , Jerome P. Gauntlett , Yusheng Jiao , Matthew M. Roberts , Christopher Rosen

We use a replica trick construction to propose a definition of branch-point twist operators in two dimensional momentum space and compute their two-point function. The result is then tentatively interpreted as a pseudo R\'enyi entropy for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-07 Giancarlo Camilo , Andrea Prudenziati