Mutual information and Bose-Einstein condensation
Abstract
In the present work we are studying a bosonic quantum field system at finite temperature, and at zero and non-zero chemical potential. For a simple spatial partition we derive the corresponding mutual information, a quantity that measures the total amount of information of one of the parts about the other. In order to find it, we first derive the geometric entropy corresponding to the specific partition and then we substract its extensive part which coincides with the thermal entropy of the system. In the case of non-zero chemical potential, we examine the influence of the underlying Bose-Einstein condensation on the behavior of the mutual information, and we find that its thermal derivative possesses a finite discontinuity at exactly the critical temperature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1207.0303,
title = {Mutual information and Bose-Einstein condensation},
author = {C. N. Gagatsos and A. I. Karanikas and G. I. Kordas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0303},
year = {2014}
}