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We propose a field theoretic framework for calculating the dependence of R\'enyi entropies on the shape of the entangling surface in a conformal field theory. Our approach rests on regarding the corresponding twist operator as a conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Lorenzo Bianchi , Marco Meineri , Robert C. Myers , Michael Smolkin

Given the algebra of observables of a quantum system subject to selection rules, a state can be represented by different density matrices. As a result, different von Neumann entropies can be associated with the same state. Motivated by a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-25 Paolo Facchi , Giovanni Gramegna , Arturo Konderak

The generic behavior of quantum systems has long been of theoretical and practical interest. Any quantum process is represented by a sequence of quantum channels. We consider general ergodic sequences of stochastic channels with arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-08 Ramis Movassagh , Jeffrey Schenker

We give systematic ways of defining monotone quantum relative entropies and (multi-variate) quantum R\'enyi divergences starting from a set of monotone quantum relative entropies. Despite its central importance in information theory, only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Milán Mosonyi , Gergely Bunth , Péter Vrana

We argue from the point of view of statistical inference that the quantum relative entropy is a good measure for distinguishing between two quantum states (or two classes of quantum states) described by density matrices. We extend this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 V. Vedral , M. B. Plenio , K. Jacobs , P. L. Knight

We present a general method for calculating R\'enyi entropies in the ground state of a one-dimensional critical system with mixed open boundaries, for an interval starting at one of its ends. In the conformal field theory framework, this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-12 Benoit Estienne , Yacine Ikhlef , Andrei Rotaru

The principle of relativity is extended to accommodate finite-mass observers with quantum properties by introducing two operational requirements: (i) equivalence of observers at the level of transition amplitudes, and (ii) the impossibility…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-05 Juanca Carrasco-Martinez

The ground state entanglement entropy is studied in a many-body bipartite quantum system with either a single or multiple conserved quantities. It is shown that the entanglement entropy exhibits a universal power-law behaviour at large $R$…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-09-14 Ohad Shpielberg

Spectral properties of an arbitrary matrix can be characterized by the entropy of its rescaled singular values. Any quantum operation can be described by the associated dynamical matrix or by the corresponding superoperator. The entropy of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-27 Wojciech Roga , Zbigniew Puchała , Łukasz Rudnicki , Karol Życzkowski

The imposition of symmetry upon the nature and structure of quantum observables has recently been extensively studied, with quantum reference frames playing a crucial role. In this paper, we extend this work to quantum transformations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-13 Takayuki Miyadera , Leon Loveridge

We propose a formal framework for understanding and unifying the concept of observers across physics, computer science, philosophy, and related fields. Building on cybernetic feedback models, we introduce an operational definition of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Hatem Elshatlawy , Dean Rickles , Xerxes D. Arsiwalla

The concept of distinguishability lies at the heart of quantum information theory. We introduce \textit{left-right relative entropy} as a quantitative measure of distinguishability within the space of boundary states in two-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-26 Mostafa Ghasemi

A theory of thermodynamics has been recently formulated and derived on the basis of R\'enyi entropy and its relative versions. In this framework, we define the concepts of partition function, internal energy and free energy, and fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-05 Natália Bebiano , João da Providência , João Pinheiro da Providência

It was recently shown that, in general, the von Neumann spin entropy of fermionic particles is not invariant under Lorentz boosts. We show that an analogous result can be recovered (at the lowest order of $v^2 /c^2$) using plain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Matheus H. Zambianco , Andre G. S. Landulfo , George E. A. Matsas

Entanglement is defined between subsystems of a quantum system, and at fixed time two regions of space can be viewed as two subsystems of a relativistic quantum field. The entropy of entanglement between such subsystems is ill-defined…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-01 Issam Ibnouhsein , Fabio Costa , Alexei Grinbaum

We study how the universal contribution to entanglement entropy in a conformal field theory depends on the entangling region. We show that for a deformed sphere the variation of the universal contribution is quadratic in the deformation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-02-17 Andrea Allais , Márk Mezei

The observable spacetime can be viewed as worldline coincidences (events) between a particle system and the observers of an extended (material) reference frame (ERF). Particle positions are then operationally well defined with respect to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-07 Eduardo O. Dias

We define a new divergence of von Neumann algebras using a variational expression that is similar in nature to Kosaki's formula for the relative entropy. Our divergence satisfies the usual desirable properties, upper bounds the sandwiched…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Stefan Hollands

Physical systems are characterized by their structure and dynamics. But the physical laws only express relations, and their symmetries allow any possible relational structure to be also possible in a different parametrization or basis of…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-02-09 Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica

Separability conditions for a bipartite quantum system of finite-dimensional subsystems are formulated in terms of R\'{e}nyi and Tsallis entropies. Entropic uncertainty relations often lead to entanglement criteria. We propose new approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-01 Alexey E. Rastegin