Disentangling quantum matter with measurements

Measurements destroy entanglement. Building on ideas used to study 'quantum disentangled liquids,' we explore the use of this effect to characterize states of matter. We focus on systems with multiple components, such as charge and spin in a Hubbard model or local moments and conduction el...

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Published in:Physical review. B 2020-03, Vol.101 (11), p.1, Article 115131
Main Authors: Ben-Zion, Daniel, McGreevy, John, Grover, Tarun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conduction electrons
Entanglement
Fermions
Information theory
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Summary:Measurements destroy entanglement. Building on ideas used to study 'quantum disentangled liquids,' we explore the use of this effect to characterize states of matter. We focus on systems with multiple components, such as charge and spin in a Hubbard model or local moments and conduction electrons in a Kondo lattice model. In such systems, measurements of (a subset of) one of the components can leave behind a quantum state of the other that is easy to understand, for example in terms of scaling of entanglement entropy of subregions. We bound the outcome of this protocol, for any choice of measurement, in terms of more standard information-theoretic quantities. We apply this quantum disentangling protocol to several problems of physical interest, including gapless topological phases, heavy fermions, and scar states in the Hubbard model.
ISSN:2469-9950
2469-9969
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.115131