Entanglement at an O(3) Critical Point with a Numerical Linked-Cluster Expansion

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Abstract

Using the Numerical Linked-Cluster Expansion technique on rectangular clusters, we study the scaling of Renyi entanglement entropies at an O(3) quantum critical point, realized through the spin-1/2 Heisenberg bi-layer. There is a subleading logarithmic contribution to the entanglement due to the presence of a vertex in the entanglement boundary, with a coefficient that is known to be universal. We compute this ``corner coefficient'' and compare our value to that from both a non-interacting field theory, and the Ising fixed point in 2+1 dimensions. The corner coefficient has the potential to distinguish between these and other universality classes, through a variety of numerical calculations of strongly interacting quantum critical points.

Authors

  • Ann B. Kallin

    • University of Waterloo
  • Rajiv Singh

    • University of California Davis
  • Miles Stoudenmire

    • Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • A. John Berlinsky

    • Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • Roger Melko

    • University of Waterloo, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics