Comb entanglement in quantum spin chains
- School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TW (United Kingdom)
Bipartite entanglement in the ground state of a chain of N quantum spins can be quantified either by computing pairwise concurrence or by dividing the chain into two complementary subsystems. In the latter case the smaller subsystem is usually a single spin or a block of adjacent spins and the entanglement differentiates between critical and noncritical regimes. Here we extend this approach by considering a more general setting: our smaller subsystem S{sub A} consists of a comb of L spins, spaced p sites apart. Our results are thus not restricted to a simple area law, but contain nonlocal information, parametrized by the spacing p. For the XX model we calculate the von Neumann entropy analytically when N{yields}{infinity} and investigate its dependence on L and p. We find that an external magnetic field induces an unexpected length scale for entanglement in this case.
- OSTI ID:
- 20852881
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 74, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.012311; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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