Entanglement entropy of two spheres

被引:36
作者
Shiba, Noburo [1 ]
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Dept Phys, Grad Sch Sci, Toyonaka, Osaka 5600043, Japan
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JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2012年 / 07期
关键词
Black Holes; Lattice Quantum Field Theory;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP07(2012)100
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We study the entanglement entropy S-AB of a massless free scalar field on two spheres A and B whose radii are R-1 and R-2, respectively, and the distance between the centers of them is r. The state of the massless free scalar field is the vacuum state. We obtain the result that the mutual information S-A;B equivalent to S-A + S-B - S-AB is independent of the ultraviolet cutoff and proportional to the product of the areas of the two spheres when r >> R-1, R-2, where S-A and S-B are the entanglement entropy on the inside region of A and B, respectively. We discuss possible connections of this result with the physics of black holes.
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