Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2010-06-24
Phys.Rev.Lett.106:031301,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.031301
In quantum systems with many degrees of freedom the replica method is a useful tool to study the entanglement of arbitrary spatial regions. We apply it in a way which allows them to back-react. As a consequence, they become dynamical subsystems whose position, form and extension is determined by their interaction with the whole system. We analyze in particular quantum spin chains described at criticality by a conformal field theory (CFT). Its coupling to the Gibbs' ensemble of all possible subsystems is relevant and drives the system into a new fixed point which is argued to be that of the 2D quantum gravity coupled to this system. Numerical experiments on the critical Ising model show that the new critical exponents agree with those predicted by the formula of Knizhnik, Polyakov and Zamolodchikov.
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