Entropic Order Parameters for Categorical Symmetries in 2D-CFT

In this work, we propose an information theoretic order parameter able to characterize the presence and breaking of categorical symmetries in (Formula presented.) -d rational conformal field theories (RCFTs). Specifically, we compute the quantum relative entropy between the ground states of RCFTs re...

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Autores: Molina-Vilaplana, J., Saura-Bastida, P., Sierra, G.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/381902
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/381902
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Palabra clave:Categorical symmetries
Conformal field theory
Relative entropy
Symmetry breaking
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Sumario:In this work, we propose an information theoretic order parameter able to characterize the presence and breaking of categorical symmetries in (Formula presented.) -d rational conformal field theories (RCFTs). Specifically, we compute the quantum relative entropy between the ground states of RCFTs representing the critical point of phase transitions between different symmetry-broken phases of theories with categorical symmetries, and their symmetrized versions. We find that, at leading order in the high temperature limit, this relative entropy only depends on the expectation values of the quantum dimensions of the topological operators implementing the categorical symmetry. This dependence suggests that our proposal can be used to characterize the different broken phases of (Formula presented.) -d theories with categorical symmetries. © 2024 by the authors.