arXiv:1208.2872

Multiscale Entanglement Renormalization Ansatz for Kondo Problem

Hiroaki Matsueda

Published Aug 14, 2012• 14 citations

Abstract

We derive the multiscale entanglement renormalization ansatz (MERA) for the single impuity Kondo model. We find two types of hidden quantum entanglement: one comes from a finite-temperature effect on the geometry of the MERA network, and the other represents screening of the impurity by conduction electrons. As the latter starts to dominate the electronic state, the Kondo physics emerges. The present result is a simple and beautiful example of a holographic dual of a boundary conformal field theory.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1208.2872

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