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PIRSA ID: 18010087

Série : Quantum Matter

Event Type: Seminar

Domaine(s) scientifique(s) : Quantum Matter

Date de fin : 2018-01-23

Speaker(s): Seth Whitsitt Harvard University

Finite-size spectra and entanglement both characterize nonlocal physics of quantum systems, and are universal properties of a CFT. I discuss the energy spectrum of the Wilson-Fisher CFT on the torus in the epsilon and 1/N expansions. I also consider a class of deconfined quantum critical points where the torus spectrum contains signatures of proximate Z2 topological order. Finally, I compute the entanglement entropy of the Wilson-Fisher and Gross-Neveu CFTs in the large N limit, where an exact mapping to free field entanglement is obtained. Comparison is made with numerics.