Complexity of thermal states in quantum spin chains

dc.creatorZnidaric, Marko
dc.creatorProsen, Tomaz
dc.creatorPizorn, Iztok
dc.date2008-05-27
dc.date2008-08-12
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dc.descriptionWe study quantum correlations and complexity of simulation, characterized by quantum mutual information and entanglement entropy in operator space respectively, for thermal states in critical, non-critical and quantum chaotic spin chains. A simple general relation between the two quantities is proposed. We show that in all cases mutual information and entanglement entropy saturate with the system size, whereas as a function of the inverse temperature, we find logarithmic divergences for critical cases and uniform bounds in non-critical cases. A simple efficient quasi-exact method for computation of arbitrary entropy related quantities in thermalized XY spin chains is proposed.
dc.description5 pages, 3 eps figures; v2. minor changes, sections added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4149
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4149
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 78, 022103 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.78.022103
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/166762
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleComplexity of thermal states in quantum spin chains
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