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arXiv:0706.2480 · Physical Review A

Operator space entanglement entropy in a transverse Ising chain

Tomaž Prosen, Iztok Pižorn

Published Sep 14, 2007• 208 citations
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Abstract

The efficiency of time-dependent density matrix renormalization group methods is intrinsically connected to the rate of entanglement growth. We introduce a measure of entanglement in the space of operators and show, for a transverse Ising spin-$1∕2$ chain, that the simulation of observables, contrary to the simulation of typical pure quantum states, is efficient for initial local operators. For initial operators with a finite index in Majorana representation, the operator space entanglement entropy saturates with time to a level which is calculated analytically, while for initial operators with infinite index the growth of operator space entanglement entropy is shown to be logarithmic.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.76.032316

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