Entropy growth of shift-invariant states on a quantum spin chain

Details Entropy growth of shift-invariant states on a quantum spin chain Entropy growth of shift-invariant states on a quantum spin chain

2003-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0306055v1

Physics

Mathematical Physics

18 pages, 2 figures

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We study the entropy of pure shift-invariant states on a quantum spin chain. Unlike the classical case, the local restrictions to intervals of length $N$ are typically mixed and have therefore a non-zero entropy $S_N$ which is, moreover, monotonically increasing in $N$. We are interested in the asymptotics of the total entropy. We investigate in detail a class of states derived from quasi-free states on a CAR algebra. These are characterised by a measurable subset of the unit interval. As the entropy density is known to vanishes, $S_N$ is sublinear in $N$. For states corresponding to unions of finitely many intervals, $S_N$ is shown to grow slower than $(\log N)^2$. Numerical calculations suggest a $\log N$ behaviour. For the case with infinitely many intervals, we present a class of states for which the entropy $S_N$ increases as $N^\alpha$ where $\alpha$ can take any value in $(0,1)$.

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