Temporal Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20765v1
• Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:29:46 GMT
• Title: Temporal Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory
• Abstract summary: I propose a branch point twist field approach to computing a temporal entropy, that is, an entanglement measure across different time regions.<n>I discuss how the shift to time-dependence manifests in form factor calculations and how the generalization of the spacial measures to temporal ones reproduces expected features of the temporal entanglement.
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• Abstract: In this paper I propose a branch point twist field approach to computing a temporal entropy, that is, an entanglement measure across different time regions, as opposed to the usual spacial measures. I discuss how the shift to time-dependence manifests in form factor calculations and how the generalization of the spacial measures to temporal ones reproduces expected features of the temporal entanglement: the entropy is complex, oscillatory and reminiscent of the evolution of entanglement following a global quench. Considering the temporal von Neumann entropy, I argue that spacial and temporal entropies are two sides of the same coin. They both encapsulate universal information about the theory, in particular its mass spectrum. Also in both cases, a quasiparticle picture can be employed to interpret results. Some qualitative features of this version of temporal entropy, such as its similarity to the entanglement entropy after a global quench, are shared with the known temporal measures.

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