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arXiv:2403.12121 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Characterizing the entanglement of anyonic systems using the anyonic partial transpose

Nico Kirchner, Wonjune Choi, Frank Pollmann

Published Aug 21, 2024• 3 citations
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Abstract

Entanglement of mixed quantum states can be quantified using the partial transpose and its corresponding entanglement measure, the logarithmic negativity. Recently, the notion of partial transpose has been extended to systems of anyons, which are exotic quasiparticles whose exchange statistics go beyond the bosonic and fermionic cases. Studying the fundamental properties of this anyonic partial transpose, we first reveal that when applied to the special case of fermionic systems, it can be reduced to the fermionic partial transpose or its twisted variant depending on whether or not a boundary Majorana fermion is present. Focusing on ground state properties, we find that the anyonic partial transpose captures both the correct entanglement scaling for gapless systems, as predicted by conformal field theory, and the phase transition between a topologically trivial and a nontrivial phase. For non-Abelian anyons and the bipartition geometry, we find a rich multiplet structure in the eigenvalues of the partial transpose, the so-called negativity spectrum, and reveal the possibility of defining both a charge- and an imbalance-resolved negativity.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.110.085143

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Entanglement of mixed quantum states can be quantified using the partial transpose and its corresponding entanglement measure, the logarithmic negativity. Recently, the notion of partial transpose has been extended to systems of anyons, which are exotic quasiparticles whose exchange statistics go beyond the bosonic and fermionic cases. Studying the fundamental properties of this anyonic partial transpose, we first reveal that when applied to the special case of fermionic systems, it can be reduced to the fermionic partial transpose or its twisted variant depending on whether or not a boundary Majorana fermion is present. Focusing on ground state properties, we find that the anyonic partial transpose captures both the correct entanglement scaling for gapless systems, as predicted by conformal field theory, and the phase transition between a topologically trivial and a nontrivial phase. For non-Abelian anyons and the bipartition geometry, we find a rich multiplet structure in the eigenvalues of the partial transpose, the so-called negativity spectrum, and reveal the possibility of defining both a charge- and an imbalance-resolved negativity.
A basic diagnostic of entanglement in mixed quantum states is known as the partial transpose and the corresponding entanglement measure is called the logarithmic negativity. Despite the great success of logarithmic negativity in characterizing bosonic many-body systems, generalizing the partial transpose to fermionic systems remained a technical challenge until recently when a new definition that accounts for the Fermi statistics was put forward. In this paper, we propose a way to generalize the partial transpose to anyons with (non-Abelian) fractional statistics based on the apparent similarity between the partial transpose and the braiding operation. We then define the anyonic version of the logarithmic negativity and show that it satisfies the standard requirements such as monotonicity to be an entanglement measure. In particular, we elucidate the properties of the anyonic logarithmic negativity by computing it for a toy density matrix of a pair of anyons within various categories. We conjecture that the subspace of states with a vanishing logarithmic negativity is a set of measure zero in the entire space of anyonic states, in contrast with the ordinary qubit systems where this subspace occupies a finite volume. We prove this conjecture for multiplicity-free categories.
Quantum systems are known to exhibit several types of exotic behavior beyond classical physics, including quantum entanglement, which describes a web of nonlocal correlations among the constituents of the system. Despite numerous advances in understanding and quantifying the bipartite entanglement entropy of a pure state, where the whole system is described by a wave function, less is understood about quantum entanglement of a mixed state, where the system is described by a density matrix. The partial transpose of the density matrix, in which one takes the transpose only for a subsystem, and its corresponding entanglement measure -- called the (logarithmic) negativity -- have been introduced as an effective probe for the quantum entanglement in bosonic mixed states. In this work, the authors present a scheme to compute an analog of the entanglement negativity in the fermionic mixed states using a partial time-reversal transformation. Various examples are investigated. In particular, it is shown that the partial time reversal is an intrinsically fermionic construction, in that it can capture the formation of the edge Majorana fermions, while the partial transpose obtained from the bosonic partial transpose through the Jordan-Wigner transformation fails.
Logarithmic negativity is a proper measure of quantum entanglement in mixed states. Originally proposed in the context of quantum information, in recent years it is attracting interest in quantum field theory, condensed matter physics, and statistical physics. The key object to construct the negativity is the partial transpose of the reduced density matrix. Here, focusing on two adjacent intervals, the authors provide a complete study of the distribution of the eigenvalues of the partial transpose (negativity spectrum) for gapless one-dimensional systems described by a conformal field theory (CFT). Similar to the entanglement spectrum, the distribution of the negativity spectrum is universal, and it depends only on the central charge of the underlying CFT. The precise form of the spectrum depends on whether the two intervals are in a pure or mixed state, and in both cases, a dependence on the sign of the eigenvalues is found. This dependence is weak for bulk eigenvalues, whereas it is strong at the spectrum edges. The authors also investigate the scaling of the smallest (negative) and largest (positive) eigenvalues of the partial transpose. The analytical results are thoroughly checked against numerical DMRG simulations as well as in exactly solvable models.
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A basic diagnostic of entanglement in mixed quantum states is known as the positive partial transpose (PT) criterion. Such criterion is based on the observation that the spectrum of the partially transposed density matrix of an entangled state contains negative eigenvalues, in turn, used to define an entanglement measure called the logarithmic negativity. Despite the great success of logarithmic negativity in characterizing bosonic many-body systems, generalizing the operation of PT to fermionic systems remained a technical challenge until recently when a more natural definition of PT for fermions that accounts for the Fermi statistics has been put forward. In this paper, we study the many-body spectrum of the reduced density matrix of two adjacent intervals for one-dimensional free fermions after applying the fermionic PT. We show that in general there is a freedom in the definition of such operation which leads to two different definitions of PT: the resulting density matrix is Hermitian in one case, while it becomes pseudo-Hermitian in the other case. Using the path-integral formalism, we analytically compute the leading order term of the moments in both cases and derive the distribution of the corresponding eigenvalues over the complex plane. We further verify our analytical findings by checking them against numerical lattice calculations.
This dissertation brings together ideas from quantum information theory and condensed matter physics to study many-particle systems of fermions. We revisit the structure of the Hilbert space and operator algebras in Fermi systems which provides a natural platform to discuss the notion of entanglement and local operations. We generalize the partial transpose, which is a well-known operation to diagnose entanglement in density matrices of qubits and bosonic systems, to fermionic systems. Our idea was inspired by the observation that time-reversal acts as transposition on density matrices; hence, we looked for a way to apply partial time-reversal to density matrices of fermions. We present a comprehensive set of benchmarks on our proposed definition of fermionic partial transpose and explain the fundamental differences between the bosonic and fermionic partial transpose. We use this new framework and the associated entanglement measure, logarithmic negativity, to study the entanglement content of free fermions with an arbitrary shape of Femi surface in all dimensions as well as topological insulators and superconductors. In particular, we show how thermal fluctuations destroy the quantum coherence of the ground state as temperature is increased. Furthermore, we report the discovery of a surprising connection between topological invariants and the partial transpose in time-reversal symmetric topological insulators and superconductors. In short, we find that partition functions on non-orientable spacetime manifolds such as the Klein bottle or real-projective plane can be obtained by combining untransposed and partially transposed density matrix. This relation turns out to be general and can be used to study various other topological phases protected by anti-unitary symmetries. Similar to the partition functions, the quantities we introduce are complex numbers and their complex phase is a topological invariant. These topological invariants can be regarded as order parameters of topological phases in the sense that they admit discrete values and can only change by jumping from one value to another as we transition from one topological phase to another.