Entanglement of purification and projection operator in conformal field theories

We investigate entanglement of purification (EoP) in conformal field theory. By using Reeh-Schlieder theorem, we construct a set of the purification states for ρAB, where ρAB is reduced density matrix for subregion AB of a global state ρ. The set can be approximated by acting all the unitary observa...

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Main Author: Wu-Zhong Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269319306562
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Summary:We investigate entanglement of purification (EoP) in conformal field theory. By using Reeh-Schlieder theorem, we construct a set of the purification states for ρAB, where ρAB is reduced density matrix for subregion AB of a global state ρ. The set can be approximated by acting all the unitary observables, located in the complement of subregion AB, on the global state ρ, as long as the global state ρ is cyclic for every local algebra, e.g., the vacuum state. Combining with the gravity explanation of unitary operations in the context of the so-called surface/state correspondence, we give an explanation of holographic EoP formula. We also explore the projection operator with the conformal basis in conformal field theory. In some limit we may produce the holographic EoP results by using the projection operator. Finally, we discuss the similarity and difference between the projection operator and unitary operations for calculating EoP.
ISSN:0370-2693