Momentum-space entanglement and renormalization in quantum field theory

Details Momentum-space entanglement and renormalization in quantum field theory Momentum-space entanglement and renormalization in quantum field theory

2011-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/1108.3568v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

31 pages, LaTeX, 6 figures

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The degrees of freedom of any interacting quantum field theory are entangled in momentum space. Thus, in the vacuum state, the infrared degrees of freedom are described by a density matrix with an entanglement entropy. We derive a relation between this density matrix and the conventional Wilsonian effective action. We argue that the entanglement entropy of and mutual information between subsets of field theoretic degrees of freedom at different momentum scales are natural observables in quantum field theory and demonstrate how to compute these in perturbation theory. The results may be understood heuristically based on the scale-dependence of the coupling strength and number of degrees of freedom. We measure the rate at which entanglement between degrees of freedom declines as their scales separate and suggest that this decay is related to the property of decoupling in quantum field theory.

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