On holographic entanglement entropy and higher curvature gravity

We examine holographic entanglement entropy with higher curvature gravity in the bulk. We show that in general Wald’s formula for horizon entropy does not yield the correct entanglement entropy. However, for Lovelock gravity, there is an alternate prescription which involves only the intrinsic curva...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The journal of high energy physics 2011-04, Vol.2011 (4), Article 25
Main Authors: Hung, Ling-Yan, Myers, Robert C., Smolkin, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classical and Quantum Gravitation
Curvature
Elementary Particles
Entanglement
Gravitation theory
High energy physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Field Theories
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
Relativity Theory
String Theory
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We examine holographic entanglement entropy with higher curvature gravity in the bulk. We show that in general Wald’s formula for horizon entropy does not yield the correct entanglement entropy. However, for Lovelock gravity, there is an alternate prescription which involves only the intrinsic curvature of the bulk surface. We verify that this prescription correctly reproduces the universal contribution to the entanglement entropy for CFT’s in four and six dimensions. We also make further comments on gravitational theories with more general higher curvature interactions.
ISSN:1029-8479
1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP04(2011)025