Entanglement in $(1+1)$-dimensional Free Scalar Field Theory: Tiptoeing between Continuum and Discrete

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11031v1
• Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:00:42 GMT
• Title: Entanglement in $(1+1)$-dimensional Free Scalar Field Theory: Tiptoeing between Continuum and Discrete
• Authors: Dimitrios Katsinis, Georgios Pastras,
• Abstract summary: We show how the formalism developed for the discretized theory can be utilized in order to obtain results in the continuous theory. In a specific coordinate system, the modular Hamiltonian assumes the form of a free field Hamiltonian on the Rindler wedge.
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• Abstract: We review some classic works on ground state entanglement entropy in $(1+1)$-dimensional free scalar field theory. We point out identifications between the methods for the calculation of entanglement entropy and we show how the formalism developed for the discretized theory can be utilized in order to obtain results in the continuous theory. We specify the entanglement spectrum and we calculate the entanglement entropy for the theory defined on an interval of finite length $L$. Finally, we derive the modular Hamiltonian directly, without using the modular flow, via the continuous limit of the expressions obtained in the discretized theory. In a specific coordinate system, the modular Hamiltonian assumes the form of a free field Hamiltonian on the Rindler wedge.

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