Entanglement entropy as a witness of the Aharonov-Bohm effect in QFT

We study the dependence of the entanglement entropy with a magnetic flux and show that the former quantity witnesses an Aharonov–Bohm-like effect. In particular, we consider free charged scalar and Dirac fields living on a two-dimensional cylinder and study how the entanglement entropy for a strip-l...

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Authors: Arias, Raúl Eduardo, Blanco, David Daniel, Casini, Horacio German
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/43935
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/43935
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:ENTANGLEMENT ENTROPY
AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT
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Summary:We study the dependence of the entanglement entropy with a magnetic flux and show that the former quantity witnesses an Aharonov–Bohm-like effect. In particular, we consider free charged scalar and Dirac fields living on a two-dimensional cylinder and study how the entanglement entropy for a strip-like region on the surface of the cylinder is affected by a magnetic field enclosed by it.