Entanglement asymmetry and symmetry defects in boundary conformal field theory

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09792v1
• Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:05:25 GMT
• Title: Entanglement asymmetry and symmetry defects in boundary conformal field theory
• Authors: Yuya Kusuki, Sara Murciano, Hirosi Ooguri, Sridip Pal,
• Abstract summary: A state in a quantum system with a given global symmetry, $G$, can be sensitive to the presence of boundaries. We investigate how conformal invariant boundary conditions influence the symmetry breaking for both finite and compact Lie groups. We further explore the entanglement asymmetry following a global quantum quench, where a symmetry-broken state evolves under a symmetry-restoring Hamiltonian.
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• Abstract: A state in a quantum system with a given global symmetry, $G$, can be sensitive to the presence of boundaries, which may either preserve or break this symmetry. In this work, we investigate how conformal invariant boundary conditions influence the $G-$symmetry breaking through the lens of the entanglement asymmetry, a quantifier of the "distance" between a symmetry-broken state and its symmetrized counterpart. By leveraging 2D boundary conformal field theory (BCFT), we investigate the symmetry breaking for both finite and compact Lie groups. Beyond the leading order term, we also compute the subleading corrections in the subsystem size, highlighting their dependence on the symmetry group $G$ and the BCFT operator content. We further explore the entanglement asymmetry following a global quantum quench, where a symmetry-broken state evolves under a symmetry-restoring Hamiltonian. In this dynamical setting, we compute the entanglement asymmetry by extending the method of images to a BCFT with non-local objects such as invertible symmetry defects.

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