Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2006-02-14
Phys.Rev.D73:124025,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
13 pages, published version, minor changes in the abstract, new references
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.124025
A general geometrical structure of the entanglement entropy for spatial partition of a relativistic QFT system is established by using methods of the effective gravity action and the spectral geometry. A special attention is payed to the subleading terms in the entropy in different dimensions and to behaviour in different states. It is conjectured, on the base of relation between the entropy and the action, that in a fundamental theory the ground state entanglement entropy per unit area equals $1/(4G_N)$, where $G_N$ is the Newton constant in the low-energy gravity sector of the theory. The conjecture opens a new avenue in analogue gravity models. For instance, in higher dimensional condensed matter systems, which near a critical point are described by relativistic QFT's, the entanglement entropy density defines an effective gravitational coupling. By studying the properties of this constant one can get new insights in quantum gravity phenomena, such as the universality of the low-energy physics, the renormalization group behavior of $G_N$, the statistical meaning of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.
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