Higher-form anomaly and long-range entanglement of mixed states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.12792v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:01:17 GMT
• Title: Higher-form anomaly and long-range entanglement of mixed states
• Authors: Leonardo A. Lessa, Shengqi Sang, Tsung-Cheng Lu, Timothy H. Hsieh, Chong Wang,
• Abstract summary: In open quantum systems, we relate anomalies of higher-form symmetries to the long-range entanglement of any mixed state with such symmetries.<n>We prove that states in (2+1)-D with anomalous strong 1-form symmetries exhibit long-range bipartite entanglement.<n>We conjecture a connection between higher-form anomalies and long-range multipartite entanglement for mixed states in higher dimensions.
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• Abstract: In open quantum systems, we directly relate anomalies of higher-form symmetries to the long-range entanglement of any mixed state with such symmetries. First, we define equivalence classes of long-range entanglement in mixed states via stochastic local channels (SLCs), which effectively ``mod out'' any classical correlations and thus distinguish phases by differences in long-range quantum correlations only. It is then shown that strong symmetries of a mixed state and their anomalies (non-trivial braiding and self-statistics) are intrinsic features of the entire phase of matter. For that, a general procedure of symmetry pullback for strong symmetries is introduced, whereby symmetries of the output state of an SLC are dressed into symmetries of the input state, with their anomaly relation preserved. This allows us to prove that states in (2+1)-D with anomalous strong 1-form symmetries exhibit long-range bipartite entanglement, and to establish a lower bound for their topological entanglement of formation, a mixed-state generalization of topological entanglement entropy. For concreteness, we apply this formalism to the toric code under Pauli-X and Z dephasing noise, as well as under ZX decoherence, which gives rise to the recently discovered intrinsically mixed-state topological order. Finally, we conjecture a connection between higher-form anomalies and long-range multipartite entanglement for mixed states in higher dimensions.

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