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arXiv:1006.3420 · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

Universal corrections to scaling for block entanglement in spin-1/2 XX chains

Pasquale Calabrese, Fabian H. L. Eßler

Published Aug 31, 2010• 125 citations
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Abstract

We consider the Rényi entropies in the one-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg XX chain in a magnetic field. The case n = 1 corresponds to the von Neumann ‘entanglement’ entropy. Using a combination of methods based on the generalized Fisher–Hartwig conjecture and a recurrence relation connected to the Painlevé VI differential equation we obtain the asymptotic behaviour, accurate to order , of the Rényi entropies for large block lengths . For n = 1, 2, 3, 10 this constitutes the 3, 6, 10, 48 leading terms respectively. The o(1) contributions are found to exhibit a rich structure of oscillatory behaviour, which we analyse in some detail both for finite n and in the limit .

DOI
10.1088/1742-5468/2010/08/p08029

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