Entanglement Entropy of One-dimensional Gapped Spin Chains

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We investigate the entanglement entropy (EE) of gapped S=1 and $S=1/2$ spin chains with dimerization. We find that the effective boundary degrees of freedom as edge states contribute significantly to the EE. For the $S=1/2$ dimerized Heisenberg chain, the EE of the sufficiently long chain is essentially explained by the localized $S=1/2$ effective spins on the boundaries. As for S=1, the effective spins are also $S=1/2$ causing a Kennedy triplet that yields a lower bound for the EE. In this case, the residual entanglement reduces substantially by a continuous deformation of the Heisenberg model to that of the AKLT Hamiltonian.
5 pages, 6 figures

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Strongly Correlated Electrons, Statistical Mechanics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/133231

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703642
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703642
 J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., Vol.76, 074603 (2007)
 doi:10.1143/JPSJ.76.074603

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